Re: Using W3C widgets in a web container: two implementations contrasted

2009-01-29 Thread Scott Wilson
Indeed; however as the difference is so small in practice, we thought it worthwhile to pursue a solution based on the W3C work, rather than use a proprietary solution. At the spec level, it only really requires one extra API method. S On 28 Jan 2009, at 13:30, Marcos Caceres wrote: Hi

Re: Using W3C widgets in a web container: two implementations contrasted

2009-01-29 Thread Marcos Caceres
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Scott Wilson scott.bradley.wil...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed; however as the difference is so small in practice, we thought it worthwhile to pursue a solution based on the W3C work, rather than use a proprietary solution. At the spec level, it only really requires

Re: Using W3C widgets in a web container: two implementations contrasted

2009-01-28 Thread Scott Wilson
Hi Marcos, A widget engine, in our use of the term, is a server-side web application that publishes widgets and implements the Widget API as a web service accessible via AJAX. As it stands all browsers will block any cross-domain Javascript requests, and this will apply in all cases

Re: Using W3C widgets in a web container: two implementations contrasted

2009-01-28 Thread Marcos Caceres
Hi Scott, On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Scott Wilson scott.bradley.wil...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Marcos, A widget engine, in our use of the term, is a server-side web application that publishes widgets and implements the Widget API as a web service accessible via AJAX. As it stands all

Re: Using W3C widgets in a web container: two implementations contrasted

2009-01-27 Thread Stéphane S.
Hello Scott Marcos, First I am pleased to hear that you are interested in the proxifying mechanisms. When you say Marcos: This might not be too much of an issue so long as the author declares which domains they want to communicate with. That way, the widget engine can allow access to the

Re: Using W3C widgets in a web container: two implementations contrasted

2009-01-27 Thread Marcos Caceres
Hi Stéphane, On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Stéphane S. stephane.s...@epfl.ch wrote: Hello Scott Marcos, First I am pleased to hear that you are interested in the proxifying mechanisms. When you say Marcos: This might not be too much of an issue so long as the author declares which

Re: Using W3C widgets in a web container: two implementations contrasted

2009-01-23 Thread Marcos Caceres
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Scott Wilson scott.bradley.wil...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Marcos, The engine/platform has to provide a means for a widget to access externally-offered web services without breaking the same origin policy of the browser. To do this both projects have implemented

Re: Using W3C widgets in a web container: two implementations contrasted

2009-01-17 Thread Marcos Caceres
Hi, Scott! On 1/14/09 7:55 PM, Scott Wilson scott.bradley.wil...@gmail.com wrote: All, Two EU-funded projects have implemented the draft W3C Widgets specifications, both the packaging and API parts. This is fantastic to hear. What is notable from these projects have been the

Re: Using W3C widgets in a web container: two implementations contrasted

2009-01-17 Thread Scott Wilson
On 17 Jan 2009, at 05:26, Marcos Caceres wrote: In addition, both projects wanted to add additional functionality to the API; this has included state coupling and shared states to enable richer interaction between (a) widgets in the same user context and (b) instances of the same widget from

Using W3C widgets in a web container: two implementations contrasted

2009-01-15 Thread Scott Wilson
All, Two EU-funded projects have implemented the draft W3C Widgets specifications, both the packaging and API parts. What is notable from these projects have been the adaptations used to enable widgets conforming to the draft to be used in a web environment rather than in a dedicated