- From: Andy Dent <dent@highway1.com.au>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 01:24:42 +0800
- To: xsl-list@mulberrytech.com
- Cc: xsl-editors@w3.org
Firstly I'm a little disappointed that there was no 'changes since last version' summary for formatting objects. Secondly, it seems to me that the area-container and block-areas concepts encompass HTML tables - I'd like to see a paragraph clarifying this relationship. One concern is that the layout model of area containers doesn't map naturally onto a grid. If we have a grid of with column widths varying across the grid, then that requires very careful specification of ac positions. In other words, whilst the area model may be powerful enough to generate HTML tables, its model may be too awkward for most people. I think we need higher-level two-dimensional layout constructs which generate area containers. There are also other desirable high-level layout patterns, as seen in Fresco http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/Documentation/Fresco/fresco/Examples.html and which are well implemented in Rogue Wave's zApp framework. Andy Dent BSc MACS AACM, Software Designer, A.D. Software, Western Australia OOFILE - Database, Reports, Graphs, GUI for c++ on Mac, Unix & Windows PP2MFC - PowerPlant->MFC portability http://www.highway1.com.au/adsoftware/crossplatform.html In SF for Macworld Jan 1st-9th 1999, at the AppMaker stand in DevDepot
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