----- "Ecaterina Valica" <valicac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
When the CSS3 fever began, Raluca Stavro came to me and asked me what
I
think about making a HTML5+CSS3 skin. My first answer was that is not
gonna
happen. We invest very much in making our skins have cross-browser
support
(especially old versions of IE). This is one of our strengths, but
also the
reason we limit ourselves from innovation.
When I'm talking about a "modern" skin I'm not only referring about
HTML,
JS, CSS (having transparency, corners, multiple backgrounds, shadows
without
having to triple the code and the number of hacks), but it's about
all
cool/experimentation features, that boosts productivity, minimize
code
lines, etc. but lack all/old browser support (SVG, location awareness,
CSS3
calc etc).
So, in my opinion this would be an experimentation/shiny skin that by
comparison would make old browsers supporters and lovers to quit their
old
behaviors and embrace the future :) :p
So, the questions I have are:
1) would this be possible? would anyone want to do this sort of thing?
I
know the biggest problem is gonna be the maintenance, but could bring
lots
of innovation and productivity.
For lot of cases (that is at least everything that includes JS, and maybe more) we should
be able to add such new features on top of the existing UI, i.e. without the need to
create a dedicated skin. Take for example attachment Drag & Drop in the attachment
footer tab. We just detect the feature and offer it if supported (do nothing if not).
2) what feature/improvement/thing do you think it would be the most
needed
for a new "modern" "skin" (the topic somehow go beyond the skin
boundaries)?
Right now I think of
- attachments D&D
- upload with progress bar
- growl-like client notifications (w/ WebSocket)
- local drafts (with localStorage)
- a profile picture sizing/cropping tool using canvas
- ... I'm sure a lot more :)
Jerome.
Thanks,
Caty
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