Re: "Chrome"

I thought the key distinction with regard to "chrome" is that there 
are certain areas of the browser window that are solely under the 
control of the browser, and not the website being displayed.  So 
anything displayed in the "chrome" can be assumed to be coming from 
the browser itself, and not the website.  However, if some browsers 
have areas where both the browser and the website can communicate 
information, that seems to muddy the issue.  Maybe such areas should 
have a different name, reserving "chrome" for those areas where only 
the browser can communicate to the user.

At 08:16 AM 2/12/2007, Mary Ellen Zurko wrote:

>During our f2f, the discussion about "chrome - what is it" came up 
>again. The discussion was part of going over "Poorly defined role 
>for chrome". It was a divergence at the time, so we decided to take 
>the discussion to the list. See:
>http://www.w3.org/2007/01/30-wsc-minutes.html
>"what is chrome? diaglog boxes should be included"
>
>We'll need the definition of Chrome for the Glossary that Tim is 
>pulling together as well.
>
>What I mean to mean by Chrome are the parts of the window that 
>include information that the User agent/Browser is trying to 
>communicate to the user, vs the parts where the browser is (expected 
>to) faithfully represent what the web site/page is trying to 
>communicate to the user. Some areas in some browsers currently 
>contain both (for example, the title area including both the HTML 
>title and browser identity information).
>
>Anyone else have a better definition?
>
>I also remember people getting fixated on the word. If the word 
>itself is getting in the way of a concept we consider important, 
>then we can start using some other word which we can all agree on. 
>So this might instead be an exercise where we agree on the concept 
>first, then agree on the word we'll use.
>
>
>[ACTION-132 - Start discussion on mailing list to draw chrome items 
>out and get analysis completed [on Mary Ellen Zurko - due 2007-02-13].]
>
>           Mez
>
>Mary Ellen Zurko, STSM, IBM Lotus CTO Office       (t/l 333-6389)
>Lotus/WPLC Security Strategy and Patent Innovation Architect

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