- From: Erik Arvidsson <erik@eae.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 09:22:43 +0200
Dean Edwards wrote: > it is possible to do the reverse. it would be possible to define any > components required by web forms in xbl. then transform them (possibly > xslt) to dhtml behaviors. it would require a certain amount of > discipline on behalf of the developer but the benefits are huge. one > code set to maintain. another advantage is that the *actual* source code > exists in xbl (an open source technology). this is probably easier said > than done but it is definitely very doable. I've been thinking about this as well. I started the simpler solution that involved making Mozilla support HTCs... I never got as far as you did thought ;-) The main issue with getting HTCs to emulate XBL is that I've yet to come up with a good way to implement anonymous content for IE and anonymous content is one of the cornerstones for XBL. Do you have any ideas in this area? Element behaviors might be the best way to achieve this but they are too heavy weight to be of real use (one document per element). Another alternative is to override the DOM methods/properties on the element but this will not hide the content if accessed using interfaces provided by other objects. erik
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