On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:05 PM, John Resig <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is my biggest contention with the widget framework at the moment >> and I am only left with the option of copy/pasting snippets due to >> lack of extensibility features. In fact, if I may be bold enough to >> say it, I think the widget framework wasn't well planned and I have a >> feeling that due to backward compatibility issues it will be a while >> before it can be cleaned up. >> >> A design overhaul for widgets is my biggest wish for the upcoming >> release. Not only will it make it easy to extend plugins, but it will >> reduce the overall footprint of plugins which sometimes end up >> cramming in quite a lot. >> >> Is this already on the radar and when should we set our expectations >> for an the widget architecture? > > As I mentioned in the previous email in this thread, this is something > that I've started to work with the jQuery UI team on. The issue of > extensible plugins is very real - and it's one that may only be solved > with code. I pointed to a mock-up of jQuery.plugin which could be used > for improving the extensibility of any plugin that uses it (including > UI) and I'll certainly continue to work on it if, for nothing else, to > make sure that UI has a good extensibility solution that doesn't > compromise the current API.
Saw that mail just as I sent out mine. Eagerly await this one. +1 for the history plugin. It was the reason why I joined the UI list it the first place. -- Aleem --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
