Re: Widgets and :context
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:31:13 +0200, Andrew Fedoniouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is what I thought: widgets if used as components on some page behave as a micro documents - fragments of the DOM with local style systems rooted to the widget. But it seems that this is not the case - that Widgets are more about free floating frames that live in top level windows on desktop(?), something like Konfabulator desktoplets. Assuming I understand you correctly, then yes. The Widgets spec at W3C is about a way to package web standards-based applications to use them as locally installed applications. cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile Opera Software, Standards Group je parle français -- hablo español -- jeg lærer norsk http://my.opera.com/chaals Try Opera 9.5: http://www.opera.com
Re: Widgets and :context
Charles McCathieNevile wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:31:13 +0200, Andrew Fedoniouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is what I thought: widgets if used as components on some page behave as a micro documents - fragments of the DOM with local style systems rooted to the widget. But it seems that this is not the case - that Widgets are more about free floating frames that live in top level windows on desktop(?), something like Konfabulator desktoplets. Assuming I understand you correctly, then yes. The Widgets spec at W3C is about a way to package web standards-based applications to use them as locally installed applications. cheers Chaals Thanks for the clarification. Seems like I mixed up Web Widget[1], Web Control[2] and Behavior[3] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_widget [2] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-controls/current-work/ [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/becss/ Simply thought that scoped style sheet are somehow related to one of those. -- Andrew Fedoniouk. http://terrainformatica.com
