Re: [Shadow] URL-based shadows?

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Travis Leithead <
travis.leithead@microsoft.com> wrote:

>  I think ‘Worker’ threw me off at first J.
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> My original use case was to make the current model of loading components
> more “local”, as AFAIK, these components can only presently be loaded by
> code you trust, e.g., via some script library somewhere imported via a
> <script> tag, or by way of <link rel=import> which pulls in same-origin or
> CORS-approved cross-origin content.
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> I hadn’t considered cross-domain components, which is another interesting
> use-case, I agree.
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> The bit of magic in this proposal that improves on the iframe experience
> is the SharedWorker-like single instance across related components.
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> Generally speaking, is cross-origin components something that we should be
> looking to address? The strong isolation is a good model, but very
> restrictive and not that far-different from iframes IMO. I also can’t help
> thinking how the discussion of closed vs. open component access relates to
> cross-origin (or not) components.
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I think it's worth trying. And it's the only "custom controls" use case
from the original list that we didn't yet address:
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/Component_Model_Use_Cases#Custom_Controls

We can discuss the priority of this relative to other use cases.

:DG<