Re: [WebStorage] Concerns on spec section 'Processing Model'

2009-07-29 Thread Ian Hickson
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: > On Jul 24, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2009, at 3:11 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: > > > > On Jul 24, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > These are very differe

Re: [WebStorage] Concerns on spec section 'Processing Model'

2009-07-29 Thread Nikunj R. Mehta
Hi Ian, I hope you are planning to respond to this email. I think a lot of the discussion around "preventing errors" is related to the fallacy in your example below. Nikunj On Jul 24, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: On Jul 24, 2009, at 3:11 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: On Fri, 24 Jul

Re: [WebStorage] Concerns on spec section 'Processing Model'

2009-07-29 Thread Ian Hickson
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009, Laxmi Narsimha Rao Oruganti wrote: > > - Why is the spec mandating a transaction to take an *exclusive write > lock on the entire database*? It is to avoid the possibility that two transactions will conflict and then have one be forced to roll back. For example, we want to

Re: [widgets] Package MIME Type

2009-07-29 Thread Arthur Barstow
On Jul 29, 2009, at 1:05 PM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: In the widget's P&C spec it currently reads: [[ ISSUE: The application/widget media type has not yet been registered with IANA. This will happen when the specification reaches Candidate Recommendation status. ]] What steps do we need to tak

Re: proposal to expose word breaker through JavaScript

2009-07-29 Thread Xiaomei Ji
Hi Anne, Alfonso, Thanks for your reply and the reference to Microsoft's range.expand. Please see my reply inline. On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > Initially I did not quite understand what this API was proposing, but after > reading it a few times it seems to mimic t

[widgets] Package MIME Type

2009-07-29 Thread Marcos Caceres
In the widget's P&C spec it currently reads: [[ ISSUE: The application/widget media type has not yet been registered with IANA. This will happen when the specification reaches Candidate Recommendation status. ]] What steps do we need to take to remove the issue above from the spec (i.e., have the

Re: proposal to expose word breaker through JavaScript

2009-07-29 Thread Alfonso Martínez de Lizarrondo
This is the Microsoft version: range.expand http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536421%28VS.85%29.aspx 2009/7/29 Anne van Kesteren : > On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:42:04 +0200, Xiaomei Ji wrote: >> We are proposing the following API to expose word breaker through >> JavaScript. >> document.exten

Re: proposal to expose word breaker through JavaScript

2009-07-29 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:42:04 +0200, Xiaomei Ji wrote: > We are proposing the following API to expose word breaker through > JavaScript. > document.extendRange(range, "word") > It extends the passed-in range to a range in word boundary. > If the passed-in range is an empty range, in which the beg

[widgets] Draft Agenda for 30 July 2009 Voice Conference

2009-07-29 Thread Arthur Barstow
Below is the draft agenda for the 30 July Widgets Voice Conference (VC). Inputs and discussion before the meeting on all of the agenda topics via public-webapps is encouraged (as it can result in a shortened meeting). Logistics: Time: 22:00 Tokyo; 16:00 Helsinki; 15:00 Paris; 14:00 Lond

proposal to expose word breaker through JavaScript

2009-07-29 Thread Xiaomei Ji
We are proposing the following API to expose word breaker through JavaScript. document.extendRange(range, "word") It extends the passed-in range to a range in word boundary. If the passed-in range is an empty range, in which the beginning and ending are the same, the empty range will be extended