- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:06:45 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Olav Junker Kj?r wrote: > > What are the arguments for dropping the repetition model? "It's not that useful, and can be done by script anyway." > FWIW I believe that the repetition model is quite useful, and it would > be a shame to drop it. Especially combined with data roundtrips > (replace=values), it enables an elegant way of editing tabular data. A > data grid is an essential component of any UI widget set, and the > template based approach in WF2 makes it more powerfull and flexible than > most. I agree, which is why it's still in the draft. > There might be point in editorially seperating the repetition model spec > from the form-related parts of WF2, though. They don't have too many > dependencies between them, and it might make both specs clearer and more > focused. Which parts would you separate more? All the bits that can be separated are in the repetition model section already, as far as I can tell. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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