RE: [widgets] window modes in P&C, was Re: Small question aboutlatestversion of "P&C specs" (11th Mar 2009)

Forgive my ignorance, but... "spoofing attack"? O_o 

I'll explain the scenario I have in mind:
- Widget calls the API "requestModeChange(<string representing a desired
mode>);"
- WUA checks if that mode is valid (the string is valid) and if the WUA
"likes" the mode (there could be WUA that supports only "fullscreen",
for example)
- WUA does a "modechange" on the Widget

Where exactly you think there could be a "confused UI" or a "spoofing"?



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-----Original Message-----
From: Arve Bersvendsen [mailto:arveb@opera.com] 
Sent: 11 May 2009 12:25
To: DE MARINO Ivan RD-ILAB-LON; marcosc@opera.com
Cc: public-webapps@w3.org
Subject: Re: [widgets] window modes in P&C, was Re: Small question
aboutlatestversion of "P&C specs" (11th Mar 2009)

On Mon, 11 May 2009 13:14:40 +0200, <ivan.demarino@orange-ftgroup.com>
wrote:

> About the "widget requesting a resize", I sent in the past an email to

> Arve about something similar but not quite the same: a sort of 
> "request mode change" or something. This would allow widgets to ASK 
> the WUA for "mode change".
> Any news about that?

As I've noted in the past, I don't really think this is a good idea, as
the distinction between "floating" and "application" (or whatever we do
with this in the end), will result in a confusing UI at best. At worst,
we could end with UI spoofing attacks.

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Arve Bersvendsen

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Received on Monday, 11 May 2009 11:45:18 UTC