Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-21 Thread Marcos Caceres
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Jonas Sicking wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Marcos Caceres wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Julian Reschke >> wrote: >>> Marcos Caceres wrote: ... Yeah, you are right. I guess we get so used to having these crappy retro

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-20 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Marcos Caceres wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Julian Reschke > wrote: >> Marcos Caceres wrote: >>> >>> ... >>> Yeah, you are right. I guess we get so used to having these crappy >>> retrospective APIs around that one forgets that things could be done

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-20 Thread Marcos Caceres
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Julian Reschke wrote: > Marcos Caceres wrote: >> >> ... >> Yeah, you are right. I guess we get so used to having these crappy >> retrospective APIs around that one forgets that things could be done >> in better ways - thankfully decent frameworks have been built a

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-20 Thread Julian Reschke
Marcos Caceres wrote: ... Yeah, you are right. I guess we get so used to having these crappy retrospective APIs around that one forgets that things could be done in better ways - thankfully decent frameworks have been built around them to make these things usable. ... Maybe that could be a less

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-20 Thread Marcos Caceres
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 4:01 AM, Alex Russell wrote: > > On Dec 18, 2009, at 3:09 PM, Marcos Caceres wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >>> >>> On Dec 17, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Klotz, Leigh wrote: >>> OK, so is the conclusion that XHR is implementable only in H

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-18 Thread Alex Russell
n perfecting its dependencies. Regards, Maciej -Original Message- From: Jonas Sicking [mailto:jo...@sicking.cc] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 3:14 PM To: Klotz, Leigh Cc: Boris Zbarsky; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG As Ian already has me

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-18 Thread Marcos Caceres
to block progress on perfecting its > dependencies. > > Regards, > Maciej > >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Jonas Sicking [mailto:jo...@sicking.cc] >> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 3:14 PM >> To: Klotz, Leigh >> Cc: Boris Zbars

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-18 Thread Klotz, Leigh
Boris Zbarsky; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > > We certainly don't want to block progress, and since there appears to > be no technical barrier to our request (merely time), I believe the > For

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-18 Thread Ian Hickson
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > > We certainly don't want to block progress, and since there appears to be > no technical barrier to our request (merely time), I believe the Forms > WG would be pleased with a result of our comment if the result were that > the WebApps WG agreed to ad

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-18 Thread Klotz, Leigh
nd hope for a successful resolution. Thank you, Leigh. -Original Message- From: Maciej Stachowiak [mailto:m...@apple.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:41 PM To: Klotz, Leigh Cc: Jonas Sicking; Boris Zbarsky; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
PM To: Klotz, Leigh Cc: Boris Zbarsky; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG As Ian already has mentioned. No one is disputing that most of these things should be factored out of the HTML5 spec. But so far no one has stepped up to that task. Until someon

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Dec 17, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Boris Zbarsky wrote: On 12/17/09 2:22 PM, Klotz, Leigh wrote: Thank you for the clarification. Surely then this ought to be fixed with an IETF or W3C document describing this fact After some pushback, there is in fact such a document being worked on. It's not

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Jonas Sicking
than HTML5 for > reference. > > Leigh. > > -Original Message- > From: Boris Zbarsky [mailto:bzbar...@mit.edu] > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:38 PM > To: Klotz, Leigh > Cc: WebApps WG; Forms WG > Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG > > On

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Klotz, Leigh
is Zbarsky; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG As Ian already has mentioned. No one is disputing that most of these things should be factored out of the HTML5 spec. But so far no one has stepped up to that task. Until someone does we'll have to live with t

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Klotz, Leigh
[mailto:bzbar...@mit.edu] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:38 PM To: Klotz, Leigh Cc: WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG On 12/17/09 2:22 PM, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > Thank you for the clarification. Surely then this ought to be fixed > with an IETF

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Boris Zbarsky
On 12/17/09 2:22 PM, Klotz, Leigh wrote: Thank you for the clarification. Surely then this ought to be fixed with an IETF or W3C document describing this fact After some pushback, there is in fact such a document being worked on. It's not quite far enough to reference normatively last I chec

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Klotz, Leigh
Klotz, Leigh Cc: WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG On 12/17/09 2:10 PM, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > I'd be surprised if some of these aren't terms already defined elsewhere. > "URL" for example, is surely not given a different definiti

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Boris Zbarsky
On 12/17/09 2:10 PM, Klotz, Leigh wrote: I'd be surprised if some of these aren't terms already defined elsewhere. "URL" for example, is surely not given a different definition in HTML5 from the definition in RFC 3986. As it happens, it is. There are various strings that are defined to not

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Klotz, Leigh
-Original Message- From: Jonas Sicking [mailto:jo...@sicking.cc] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 11:33 AM To: Klotz, Leigh Cc: Henri Sivonen; Anne van Kesteren; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG On Thu, Dec 17

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > Jonas, > I'm not sure how the dependency is specified in the XHR draft.  Can you point > me to it?  The word "event loop" doesn't appear. The term "queue a task" is defined in HTML5, and uses the event loop. / Jonas

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Klotz, Leigh
n; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG ... Though I just realized that I'm not sure all dependencies can be solved this way. How would you for example break the dependency on the event loop, currently only specified in the HTML5 spec (but implemented in

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Klotz, Leigh
-Original Message- From: Jonas Sicking [mailto:jo...@sicking.cc] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:54 AM To: Klotz, Leigh Cc: Henri Sivonen; Anne van Kesteren; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG ... > And then go on to c

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Jonas Sicking wrote: >>>   From: Anne van Kesteren opera.com> >>>   Subject: Re: [XHR] LC comments from the XForms Working Group >>>   Date: 2009-10-08 15:31:27 GMT >>> >>>   On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:24:48 +0200, Boris Zbarsky mit.edu> >>> wrote: >>>   > Anne van

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Jonas Sicking
>>   From: Anne van Kesteren opera.com> >>   Subject: Re: [XHR] LC comments from the XForms Working Group >>   Date: 2009-10-08 15:31:27 GMT >> >>   On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:24:48 +0200, Boris Zbarsky mit.edu> >> wrote: >>   > Anne van Kesteren wrote: >>   >> It would change the conformance criter

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Klotz, Leigh
M > To: Klotz, Leigh > Cc: Henri Sivonen; Anne van Kesteren; WebApps WG; Forms WG > Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG > > ... > > I don't think I understand your suggested changes. As long as the concepts > that XHR uses are only defined in

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Jonas Sicking
Henri Sivonen; Anne van Kesteren; WebApps WG; Forms WG >    Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG > >    On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Klotz, Leigh >    > wrote: If XHR is wholly dependent on >    > HTML5 then it should either be moved into the HTML5 >    

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Klotz, Leigh
Comments from W3C Forms WG On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Klotz, Leigh > wrote: If XHR is wholly dependent on > HTML5 then it should either be moved into the HTML5 > recommendation-track document, or renamed "XHR for HTML5."   Ian > has made a point t

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > If XHR is wholly dependent on HTML5 then it should either be moved into the > HTML5 recommendation-track document, or renamed "XHR for HTML5."   Ian has > made a point that modularizing HTML5 itself is a large task; it's not clear > that th

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Klotz, Leigh
c: Anne van Kesteren; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG On Dec 16, 2009, at 21:47, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > I'd like to suggest that the main issue is dependency of the XHR document on > concepts where "HTML5 is the only specification that def

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-17 Thread Henri Sivonen
On Dec 16, 2009, at 21:47, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > I'd like to suggest that the main issue is dependency of the XHR document on > concepts where "HTML5 is the only specification that defines several core > concepts of the Web platform architecture, such as event loops, event handler > attributes,

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-16 Thread Klotz, Leigh
Klotz, Leigh Cc: Anne van Kesteren; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > > > > > > Therefore, even in the light of the changes in details I've cited > > > (and your kind c

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-16 Thread Ian Hickson
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > > > > > > Therefore, even in the light of the changes in details I've cited > > > (and your kind corrections for my errors and outdated imformation), > > > our request that you abstract out the dependencies on HTML5 into a > > > separate document (perha

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-16 Thread Klotz, Leigh
cc] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:04 PM To: Klotz, Leigh Cc: Ian Hickson; Anne van Kesteren; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG Note that just referring to a few specific concepts defined in HTML5 does not force anyone to implement the rest of HT

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-16 Thread Jonas Sicking
> we pick up again. > Happy Holidays, Ian, Anne, and all. > > Leigh. > > -Original Message- > From: Ian Hickson [mailto:i...@hixie.ch] > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:54 AM > To: Klotz, Leigh > Cc: Anne van Kesteren; WebApps WG; Forms WG > Subject: RE: XMLH

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-16 Thread Klotz, Leigh
c: Anne van Kesteren; WebApps WG; Forms WG Subject: RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > > Therefore, even in the light of the changes in details I've cited (and > your kind corrections for my errors and outdated imformation), our &

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-16 Thread Ian Hickson
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > > Therefore, even in the light of the changes in details I've cited (and > your kind corrections for my errors and outdated imformation), our > request that you abstract out the dependencies on HTML5 into a separate > document (perhaps part of the HTML5

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-16 Thread Klotz, Leigh
riginal Message- From: Anne van Kesteren [mailto:ann...@opera.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 6:54 AM To: Klotz, Leigh; WebApps WG Cc: Forms WG Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:46:59 +0100, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > This comment on XMLHttpRequ

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-12-16 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:46:59 +0100, Klotz, Leigh wrote: This comment on XMLHttpRequest [1] is from the Forms WG. A standalone W3C Recommendation-track document is welcome, particularly because of the statement in [2] "The goal of this specification is to document a minimum set of interoper

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-11-25 Thread Klotz, Leigh
-requ...@w3.org] On Behalf Of Klotz, Leigh Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 1:27 PM To: Boris Zbarsky Cc: public-webapps@w3.org; Forms WG Subject: RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG Boris, Thank you for your response. I appreciate your asking the clarifying questions. I'll put

RE: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-11-25 Thread Klotz, Leigh
du] > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:54 PM > To: Klotz, Leigh > Cc: public-webapps@w3.org; Forms WG > Subject: Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG > > On 11/25/09 3:46 PM, Klotz, Leigh wrote: > > The XMLHttpRequest functionality described in this document has

Re: XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-11-25 Thread Boris Zbarsky
On 11/25/09 3:46 PM, Klotz, Leigh wrote: The XMLHttpRequest functionality described in this document has previously been well isolated, and in fact XHR itself has beeen implemented by a number of different desktop browser vendors by copying the original implementations. Note that these were all

XMLHttpRequest Comments from W3C Forms WG

2009-11-25 Thread Klotz, Leigh
This comment on XMLHttpRequest [1] is from the Forms WG. A standalone W3C Recommendation-track document is welcome, particularly because of the statement in [2] "The goal of this specification is to document a minimum set of interoperable features based on existing implementations, allowing Web