Ok, all mentions of screenshot are gone from the spec. Added <screenshot> to V2 feature list on Wiki.
Kind regards, On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Priestley, Mark, VF-Group <mark.priest...@vodafone.com> wrote: > Vodafone supports the proposal to drop screenshots from v1 of the > Widgets specifications. > > Thanks, > > Mark > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: public-webapps-requ...@w3.org >>[mailto:public-webapps-requ...@w3.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Barstow >>Sent: 18 April 2009 15:21 >>To: ext Marcos Caceres >>Cc: public-webapps >>Subject: Re: [widgets] dropping screenshot >> >>I generally support with this proposal but would add that this >>functionality be added to the widgets v2 list [1]. >> >>All - please send your comments on this proposal by April 23 >>at the latest. >> >>-Regards, Art Barstow >> >>[1] <http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/Widgets2_UC%26R> >> >> >>On Apr 16, 2009, at 9:05 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: >> >>> After discussions with Josh and Arve, I would like to >>propose that we >>> drop the screenshot element. The rationales for the decision are: >>> >>> * screenshots bloat the package, >>> * and screenshots are never used when the widget is instantiated. >>> * Also, there is no way to identify on which platform the >>screenshot >>> of the widget was taken on. This is an issue because a UA may render >>> form elements used by a widget differently from one platform to >>> another. >>> Authors will want to show what a widget looks like when running on a >>> platform. To show this, authors should provide >>distributors/galleries >>> with platform specific screenshots. Having a bunch of screenshots in >>> the package may confuse/mislead users in believing the widget will >>> look/behave in some particular way, which may not be true on some >>> platforms. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Marcos >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.au