- From: Dean Edwards <dean@edwards.name>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 08:51:19 +0100
Erik Arvidsson wrote: > 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? > hi erik, i do have an idea about anonymous content. it means taking advantage of a microsoft bug. it's not a pretty solution but it doesn't make explorer any uglier. i haven't totally proved the concept yet so i won't go into details here. we can take this offline if you want to discuss it. > 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 i haven't used element behaviors so i can't comment. they look scary... > 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. > i agree overriding dom methods is impractical. i'm not sure how much dependence there is on generated content for web forms 2 (i really ought to read the spec properly). but you will have this problem whether or not the component is defined in xbl. a more general observation about explorer. the main (technical) problem is not extending the interfaces of (x)html elements - behaviors are good at that. the problem is supporting the proposed css enhancements. the only way to do that (that i know of) is to load and parse the style sheets your self. any one have a better idea how to support the proposed css enhancements on a microsoft platform? hello? -dean
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