- From: Grassel Guido (Nokia-NRC/Helsinki) <guido.grassel@nokia.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 19:27:56 +0300
- To: ext Marcos Caceres <m.caceres@qut.edu.au>, Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>, "WAF WG (public)" <public-appformats@w3.org>
Marcos, WG, On 5/2/07 7:53 AM, "ext Marcos Caceres" <m.caceres@qut.edu.au> wrote: > Our experience is that HTML+CSS-based widgets are in fact HTML > documents and not "programs" (by program I assume you means something > like a Windows .exe that may have some arbitrary > inaccessible/unprintable representation). If a widget is created using > HTML+CSS, then it is the author making the aesthetic choice of making > the widget look and feel like a program. In such a case, I would argue > that is up to an author to decide how device-independent they want > their widget to be as there is no reason not to include, for instance, > a print style-sheet that makes the widget printable. If, as in most > cases, a widget is really just a small HTML document that is scripted > to respond to events and otherwise manipulate the DOM tree, then there > is no reason why a widget cannot be printed or otherwise made as > device independent as any other HTML+CSS document. > > Regardless, you make an important point which needs further feedback > from the community: > > * should the widget specification recommend a UIDL? > * If yes, should it be HTML+CSS? What happens if a vendor does not > support HTML+CSS? > Would it really help if the spec recommended HTML+CSS+JavaScript ? Pro: - The W3C might argue that a W3C spec should give direction to the industry and promote other W3C specs. Cons: - We know of at least one popular Widget run-time that uses its own UIML. - We all know too well that different browser engines utilized by commercially available Widget run-times support various versions of HTML, JavaScript, DOM and to a various extend. Or how would you described the situation with IE, Mozila, Opera and WebKit engines ... - I see a lot of benefit of XBL2 for Widgets, but are we ready to recommend XBL2 in widget 1.0 ? - I am not sure? Regards - Guido > [1] http://www.w3.org/2007/04/17-waf-minutes.html > [2] http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2006/waf/widgets-reqs/Overview.html > ----- Guido Grassel, Nokia Research Center, guido.grassel@nokia.com
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