Re: [xwiki-devs] [GSOC 2009] XWiki Cross Platform Web and Desktop Widget

Hi Alex, On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Alexandru Cismaru <alex.cismaru(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: Looks cool, good work. Overall I like it. I am wondering about a couple things: - Are your mockups for the FF extension of for the desktop widget? - If you plan on implementing desktop widgets, have you given a look at the different widget platforms to see how hard your ideas were to implement? - I'm not sure you'll be able to avoid scrolling, in a small widget scrolling seems better than pagination (be it only because every mouse has a scrolling wheel which makes scrolling efficient and easy while pagination takes an additional click) - I'm not sure the additional RSS feed is that much needed -> if the user already has his watchlist + the public feed, what will the RSS feed be useful for? Doesn't it add complexity without much benefits to be expected? - Have you given a look to http://www.socialtext.com/products/desktop.php? You might get some inspiration from their implementation. Subsidiary question: if you're planning to develop using HTML + CSS, is using the Adobe AIR framework an option? It would provide us with a cross-platform widget right away, which would be cool... Do you think you could spend, say, 30 minutes investigating the feasability / interest of using the AIR framework for a widget? This might have OSS implications as well (though I don't see why AIR code cuoldn't be Open-Souce), what do others think? Note to other GSoCers -> ask one of the mentors if you want access to the mockup creation tool on incubator.myxwiki.org. Guillaume Please give me your feedback and ideas. -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki Skype ID : wikibc http://guillaumelerouge.com/