I generally support with this proposal but would add that this
functionality be added to the widgets v2 list [1].
All - please send your comments on this proposal by April 23 at the
latest.
-Regards, Art Barstow
[1] <http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/Widgets2_UC%26R>
On Apr 16, 2009, at 9:05 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote:
After discussions with Josh and Arve, I would like to propose that we
drop the screenshot element. The rationales for the decision are:
* screenshots bloat the package,
* and screenshots are never used when the widget is instantiated.
* Also, there is no way to identify on which platform the screenshot
of the widget was taken on. This is an issue because a UA may render
form elements used by a widget differently from one platform to
another.
Authors will want to show what a widget looks like when running on a
platform. To show this, authors should provide distributors/galleries
with platform specific screenshots. Having a bunch of screenshots
in the
package may confuse/mislead users in believing the widget will
look/behave in some particular way, which may not be true on some
platforms.
Kind regards,
Marcos
