- From: Marcos Caceres <marcosc@opera.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:05:54 +0200
- To: Scott Wilson <scott.bradley.wilson@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-webapps WG <public-webapps@w3.org>
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Scott Wilson<scott.bradley.wilson@gmail.com> wrote: > The OpenSocial spec also defines a set of views for gadgets[1] and I was > wondering how these relate to Widget modes as defined in [2]. > > Here's a quick stab at relating the two specs: > > gadgets.views.ViewType.CANVAS = application (or fullscreen?) > gadgets.views.ViewType.HOME = floating > gadgets.views.ViewType.PREVIEW = (no equivalent; this seems to be like the > old thumbnail/screenshot feature) > gadgets.views.ViewType.PROFILE = floating > (no equivalent) = mini/docked (come on, which is it guys?) > > On first glance its not a very elegant mapping! Partly this is because > opensocial conflates the display and user role aspects (e.g. the distinction > between "Home" and "Profile" is whether the "viewer is typically the > owner"). Can/should the specs be easier to relate? I'm not sure yet... seems that they can happily live separately from each other. Those view types seem to serve practical roles/patterns, while W3C view modes are more like states of being/rendering states... so, a W3C mode can be in any view types listed above (e.g., fullscreen > home, floating > profile, etc.). -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.au
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