That sounds reasonable.

On Jun 3, 2011, at 6:19 AM, shelan Perera wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Matt Raible <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I don't know if "desktop" is the best term since the current UI does work
>> with laptops and iPads as well. Maybe "default" or "html"?
>> 
> 
> I agree with the point that dektop will mislead since Theme work for other
> similar devices in display size.While brainstorming i got the
> word "standard". would like to know the feed back on that.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:35 AM, shelan Perera <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Yes, I agree. Type seems like a better choice and more "future proof"
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think having "type" would be reasonable. There might be scenarios like
>>> "touch" , "tablet" kind of specific devices.Where
>>> developers are looking to develop device optimized themes and set them.
>>> 
>>> So what would be the proper value for a desktop theme. Because that has
>> to
>>> be our default value in case the "type" parameter is not set.
>>> would   <type>desktop</type> a good value to set in a theme by default.
>>> (This will be set at the ThemeParser )
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the suggestion.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> - Dave
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Matt Raible <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Will we ever have themes other than HTML or Mobile? What about TV or
>>>>> something like that? I guess we could change it in the future, but
>>> can't
>>>>> help but think "type" might be better.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 9:43 PM, shelan Perera <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Devs,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There is a requirement to identify whether a theme is a mobile
>> ready
>>> or
>>>>>> not.So i am planning to add an additional meta data entry in the
>>>> theme.xml.
>>>>>> So an extract would appear as below.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <id>example1</id>
>>>>>> <name>Example1: minimal theme</name>
>>>>>> <author>Dave Johnson</author>
>>>>>> <mobile>true</mobile>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It is not a mandatory field and not defining will set it to default
>>>> value
>>>>>> "false".Would <isMobile> more appropriate than this tag since it is
>> a
>>>>>> boolean.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Shelan Perera
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>        *invictus*
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Shelan Perera
>>> 
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>>> 
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>>> I am the captain of my soul.
>>>        *invictus*
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Shelan Perera
> 
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> Twitter: shelan
> skype  :shelan.perera
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> 
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> I am the captain of my soul.
>         *invictus*

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