Abuse: use in a manner that does not meet the intended purpose. Example: creating a LINK element that does not link to any resource.
HTH Chris -----Original Message----- From: Mark Finkle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:18 PM To: Krzysztof Żelechowski Cc: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org; Ian Hickson; Brady Eidson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [whatwg] Proposed additions to ClientInformation interface On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Krzysztof Żelechowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tuesday 08 of July 2008 05:10:46 Mark Finkle napisał(a): > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Ian Hickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Brady Eidson wrote: > > * Sites want to offer a way for users to opt into a standalone mode > > ("can we offer a link to download one of these standalone Web apps?"). > > Basically, to offer a way to bookmark the page as a standalone app > > instead of as a bookmark that opens in the browser. > > link rel ? Not really, it would abuse the LINK element. define abuse > > * It shouldn't be something that appears in the browser's UI, since > > browsers have basically run out of room. > > disagree. it will depend in browser UI anyway for the confirm prompt The prompt would be presented in a modal window, therefore it would not use chrome space. I hope no modal windows will be used in the making of this UI. Firefox currently doesn't use modal UI for permission prompts.
