[JBoss-dev] [Design of JBoss Portal] - Java Content Repository (JCR) support?

2005-04-17 Thread tarantula
Are there any plans to implement JSR 170: Content Repository for JavaTM technology API http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=170? The reason I ask is that I think JSR 168 and JSR 170 could be very complimentary technologies if combined. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?

[JBoss-dev] [Design of JBoss Portal] - Re: Layout Strategy: more food for thought

2005-04-17 Thread tarantula
Hi, I'm glad to see some thought on the subject of layout strategies in JBoss Portal. I want to suggest a layout strategy that is less programmatic in nature than that used in JBoss Nukes. The main reason for this is that designers are not programmers. Maintaining HTML embedded in Java can be

[JBoss-dev] [Design of JBoss Portal] - Re: JBPTL-17: Theme API food for thought II

2005-04-17 Thread tarantula
I would steer away from a layout strategy that depended on CSS positioning. Browser support for CSS-2 positioning is not universally consistent and even when the browser fully supports the standard, there are still page rendering anomalies. I find this to be a good guideline to follow for work