RE: [webcomponents] Auto-creating shadow DOM for custom elements from Domenic Denicola on 2013-12-07 (public-webapps@w3.org from October to December 2013)

From: Domenic Denicola <domenic@domenicdenicola.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 22:16:29 +0000
To: Brian Di Palma <offler@gmail.com>, Brendan Eich <brendan@secure.meer.net>
CC: Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa@apple.com>, Erik Arvidsson <arv@chromium.org>, "Maciej Stachowiak" <mjs@apple.com>, Elliott Sprehn <esprehn@chromium.org>, Webapps WG <public-webapps@w3.org>
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From: Brian Di Palma [mailto:offler@gmail.com] 

> I'm just wondering what benefit is there in using custom elements if you don't use shadow dom or templates?
> 
> If all we had was the custom elements spec would there be any appreciable gain for web developers without the other specs?
> 
> I'm honestly curious as I'm not too familiar with the spec.

As far as I can tell http://mozilla.github.io/brick/ is built entirely with custom elements and without any other web components technologies.

Received on Saturday, 7 December 2013 22:17:00 UTC