- From: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:21:24 -0400
- To: ext Marcos Caceres <marcosc@opera.com>
- Cc: public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
I generally support with this proposal but would add that this functionality be added to the widgets v2 list [1]. All - please send your comments on this proposal by April 23 at the latest. -Regards, Art Barstow [1] <http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/Widgets2_UC%26R> On Apr 16, 2009, at 9:05 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: > After discussions with Josh and Arve, I would like to propose that we > drop the screenshot element. The rationales for the decision are: > > * screenshots bloat the package, > * and screenshots are never used when the widget is instantiated. > * Also, there is no way to identify on which platform the screenshot > of the widget was taken on. This is an issue because a UA may render > form elements used by a widget differently from one platform to > another. > Authors will want to show what a widget looks like when running on a > platform. To show this, authors should provide distributors/galleries > with platform specific screenshots. Having a bunch of screenshots > in the > package may confuse/mislead users in believing the widget will > look/behave in some particular way, which may not be true on some > platforms. > > Kind regards, > Marcos > >
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