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Re: [widgets] Public keys in widgets URI scheme?

From: Adam Barth <w3c@adambarth.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 09:23:16 -0700
Message-ID: <7789133a0905270923s2e091d61s393ce3514a72fad3@mail.gmail.com>
To: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
Cc: public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org> 
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi> wrote:
> On May 27, 2009, at 18:32, Adam Barth wrote:
>
>> 3) A developer can write two widgets that occupy the same origin
>> (again, but re-using the public key).  These widgets will be able to
>> interact more freely, for example by sharing the same localStorage,
>> etc.
>
>
> I though the point of the UUID was to isolate even different instances of
> the same widget.

The spec says the UUID is picked at install-time, so two instances of
the widget will get the same UUID.

Adam
Received on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 16:24:16 GMT

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