- From: Dailey, David P. <david.dailey@sru.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:59:45 -0400
- To: "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>, <public-html@w3.org>
Thanks Ian, It sounds like a good idea. A couple of things come to mind: the scope of some of these may overlap with existing initiatives within W3C. The WebApps Working Group [1] comes to mind. The Graphics activity and the Forms working group are other obvious examples where the scope of work within HTML5 has occasionally crept into sometimes disputed territory. Secondly, with regard to item 2 "Interaction events" , my concern is that the range of events now relevant to web development (due to presence of the web over mobile devices) has grown to include multi-touch devices, accelerometers and more. The differentiation of click from select or pan from drag has resulted in the independent reinvention of certain proprietary solutions which could, in the long run, prove antithetical to interoperability. I understand that the WebApps Working Group is considering such expanded concepts of "interaction." If so then maybe that would be a place to which to offload such work. cheers David [1] http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/charter/ -----Original Message----- From: public-html-request@w3.org [mailto:public-html-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Ian Hickson Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 1:25 PM Recently, people have asked me for a list of sections that could be spun off from HTML5 into their own specs, with other editors, to lighten the workload for taking HTML5 to REC. [ ... ] 2. Interaction events Scope: defining the relationship between user interaction (clicks, mouse movements, key presses, etc) and DOM2 Events, hit testing, and documenting any special behavior relating to HTML features. Skills and knowledge needed: JS, DOM, HTML, reverse-engineering browsers. Access to multiple browsers and platforms necessary. Estimated workload: - 6 months at 40h/week researching, reverse engineering and specifying - 4 months at 20h/week responding to immediate feedback - 12 months at 5h/week responding to further feedback - 24 months at 1h/week responding to further feedback
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