Hi Gary,
On 8-Jan-09, at 2:08 PM, Gary Thompson wrote:
Arguments for Fluid Skinning System (FSS)
* Sufficient specification and developer documentation with enough
detail to enable a UI professional to create different layouts
ranging in complexity within 30 minutes of reviewing the documentation
* Coding style and class naming convention is easily understood and
meaningful
* Provides flexible and multiple column layouts
* Provides several excellent components and a growing library
* Supports linearization, the super-simplification of the layout of
elements on a page for offering alternatives for accessibility and
devices (e.g., mobile)
* Supports FF 2.x, FF 3.x, IE 6.x, IE 7.x, Safari 3.1 and Opera 9.5
* Active, open-source community already connected to the uPortal
community, where participation is welcome and change responsive
* Beneficial integration with jQuery and Fluid components already
used by uPortal
* Produces fully-accessible results and is forward-thinking on
accessibility
Arguments against Fluid Skinning System (FSS)
* Relatively young and has not been widely adopted or tested
* Does not offer as many widgets or common components as YUI
== The Proposal ==
Adopt the Fluid Skinning System (FSS) as the standard for portlet
markup/CSS development in uPortal.
I welcome thoughts and votes.
Of course I'm a little biased, but I think this makes a lot of sense.
+1. The Fluid community is really excited to work on the skinning
system with you and the rest of uPortal. Our UI Options component,
when coupled with the skinning system, has a lot of promise for making
personalized accessibility a reality in uPortal, too.
Colin
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Colin Clark
Technical Lead, Fluid Project
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
http://fluidproject.org
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