[profile] Widget VS Offline apps

On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:44:02 +0100, Scott Wilson  
<scott.bradley.wilson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 2. Widgets: I don't support the TV Profile mandating ("shall support")  
>> W3C Widgets because widgets don't have sufficient  
>> cross-device/cross-browser support.

There are several conformant widgets implementations
http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets/imp-report/

and a test suite is available, so the spec is mature enough for deployment.

>> The HTML5 Offline Web applications requirements are sufficient for our  
>> needs.

Widgets cover use cases that offline apps do not cover (e.g. single  
download).
So if you are looking for a packaging format you need something like  
widgets.

>
> On the other hand, proprietary mechanisms for distributing web  
> applications cause unnecessary barriers to interoperability which  
> Widgets can help overcome.

agree
Furthermore other TV groups have adopted widgets as packaging format.

> In the TV space, several smart TV platforms have already produced  
> proprietary incompatible "zip with an XML manifest" specs.
>
> As an example, in the mobile space PhoneGap Build uses W3C Widgets as  
> its packaging format lingua franca on input, and then generates  
> proprietary application wrappers for the target platforms.
>
> hHowever wording that makes a distinction between requirements for  
> packaged web applications for TV vs websites may help.
>

@Mark
Would changing SHALL in SHOULD address your concern?

What do other people think about this?

/g
-- 
Giuseppe Pascale
TV & Connected Devices
Opera Software

Received on Tuesday, 7 February 2012 08:21:41 UTC