- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:21:48 +0000 (UTC)
- To: "Ennals, Robert" <robert.ennals@intel.com>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Ennals, Robert wrote: > > Francisco Tolmasky (creator of the Cappuccino) framework, recently did a > blog post where he looked at the HTML5 Drag and Drop interface: > > http://www.alertdebugging.com/2009/08/16/on-html-5-drag-and-drop/ > > In this post, he expresses an interest in making three relatively minor > changes to the spec: > > 1.) Lazy Data Loading: when calling "setData" to provide drag/drop data > for a particular format, one should be able to provide a function that > can be used to lazily provide the data on demand, rather than having to > provide the data itself upfront. > > 2.) Initiating Drags: an app should be able to start drags explicitly by > e.g calling "startDrag", thus allowing finer control over what can be > dragged. These two suggestions seem reasonable, but I think it would be best to wait for a future version before adding these features. We don't yet have good interop of the existing features. > 3.) Drag images: there should be no requirement that the image specified > by "setDragImage" be visible. This is already the case. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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