On 11 Feb 2010, at 01:10, Jonas Sicking wrote: >> I don't disagree with you on the implementation side (and Im happy >> to hear >> that you think it can be implemented - I'll keep my fingers >> crossed). On the >> author side, I honestly don't know how much of a difference it will >> make. >> I'm sure someone will create a dead easy click once packager for >> widgets, if >> they haven't done so already. But is there something inherently >> wrong with >> our current technological choice that would not allow that? (if >> yes, please >> send to public-webapps, which is where we discuss widgets ;)) > > Ah, the old "the tools will save us" argument ;) > > Yes, tools can certainly help. But that doesn't remove from the fact > that something that's simpler to author would be simpler for authors. > What about situations when you want to dynamically generate widgets, > say using PHP? Or if you don't speak the language(s) the tool is > localized to. Or if a web-based tool happens to be down because of > server upgrades? > > / Jonas > I've run two "build a W3C widget" events now for Wookie, one for students (mostly education/social sci students, not computer scientists!) and one for developers. No complaints about them being too complicated to make; pretty much everyone had learned the tech and made one in 90 minutes. So where's the issue?
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