Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2011-06-30 Thread Scott Wilson
On 29 Jun 2011, at 12:34, Marcos Caceres wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Charles McCathieNevile cha...@opera.com wrote: On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:17:38 +0200, Scott Wilson scott.bradley.wil...@gmail.com wrote: I think Bruce Lawson was dropping a big hint the other day to look again

Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2011-06-29 Thread Charles McCathieNevile
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:17:38 +0200, Scott Wilson scott.bradley.wil...@gmail.com wrote: I think Bruce Lawson was dropping a big hint the other day to look again at the questions Mike posed a long while ago! I know there was discussion at the time, but I think both initiatives have moved on

Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2011-06-29 Thread Marcos Caceres
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Charles McCathieNevile cha...@opera.com wrote: On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:17:38 +0200, Scott Wilson scott.bradley.wil...@gmail.com wrote: I think Bruce Lawson was dropping a big hint the other day to look again at the questions Mike posed a long while ago! I know

Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2011-06-28 Thread Scott Wilson
I think Bruce Lawson was dropping a big hint the other day to look again at the questions Mike posed a long while ago! I know there was discussion at the time, but I think both initiatives have moved on somewhat so its worth returning to. On 20 Oct 2010, at 19:40, Mike Hanson wrote: Note

Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2010-10-20 Thread timeless
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Scott Wilson scott.bradley.wil...@gmail.com wrote: I've just had a look at this: https://apps.mozillalabs.com/ In some respects this is very much what we are aiming for (apps using HTML+JS+CSS) however it proposes a new proprietary app manifest format for

Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2010-10-20 Thread Olli Pettay
On 10/20/2010 12:11 PM, Scott Wilson wrote: I've just had a look at this: https://apps.mozillalabs.com/ In some respects this is very much what we are aiming for (apps using HTML+JS+CSS) however it proposes a new proprietary app manifest format for Widgets that is almost identical to PC,

Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2010-10-20 Thread Vivek Khurana
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Scott Wilson scott.bradley.wil...@gmail.com wrote: I've just had a look at this: https://apps.mozillalabs.com/ In some respects this is very much what we are aiming for (apps using HTML+JS+CSS) however it proposes a new proprietary app manifest format for

Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2010-10-20 Thread Brandon Sterne
On 10/20/2010 02:11 AM, Scott Wilson wrote: I've just had a look at this: https://apps.mozillalabs.com/ In some respects this is very much what we are aiming for (apps using HTML+JS+CSS) however it proposes a new proprietary app manifest format for Widgets that is almost identical to

Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2010-10-20 Thread Mike Hanson
Hi there - I can speak for the technical aspects of the Apps project and relay feedback as needed. We had looked at the Widget Packaging spec earlier in the project and had steered away from it because we were focused on the in-browser/live URL use case. But as we added icons, names,

Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2010-10-20 Thread Marcos Caceres
Hi Mike, On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Mike Hanson mhan...@mozilla.com wrote: Hi there - I can speak for the technical aspects of the Apps project and relay feedback as needed. We had looked at the Widget Packaging spec earlier in the project and had steered away from it because we were

Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2010-10-20 Thread Scott Wilson
On 20 Oct 2010, at 19:40, Mike Hanson wrote: Hi there - I can speak for the technical aspects of the Apps project and relay feedback as needed. We had looked at the Widget Packaging spec earlier in the project and had steered away from it because we were focused on the in-browser/live

Re: [Widgets] Mozilla open apps

2010-10-20 Thread Doug Schepers
Hi, Mike- The Mozilla Open Apps project looks cool, and I hope it can work out to be compatible with Widgets. Your extensions and use cases seem useful. This would be a good thing for everyone involved. Mike Hanson wrote (on 10/20/10 2:40 PM): *In-Browser/live content usage* Our goal is