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[Rikkert Koppes]

As I said, I am working on a wf2 imnplementation library. I am aware of 
the ongoing project (http://code.google.com/p/webforms2/), but it was 
more fun doing this on my own. I implemented a whole lot of the spec, 
including repetition model.

Everything is not quite mature yet, but I would like to share it with 
the world anyway.

http://www.rikkertkoppes.com/thoughts/wf2/

Regards,
Rikkert Koppes

Ian Hickson schreef:
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Rikkert Koppes wrote:
>   
>> I am currently implementing a js library to make wf2 functionality 
>> available to legacy browsers (I know google is doing this too). Some 
>> things that came to mind are:
>>
>> - when validity flags are not set, should they equal null or false?
>>     
>
> False. Is the spec not clear on this?
>
>
>   
>> - this might have been proposed before: consider a reset() method for 
>> form controls and fieldsets
>>     
>
> You can already do this reasonably easily; I'm not sure an explicit API is 
> really that useful. I'll bear it in mind though.
>
>
>   
>> - in this light: consider a clearable or resettable boolean attribute 
>> for inputs, which might display a "clear" button in the field, as seen 
>> in for example the mail filter in thunderbird. This should reset the 
>> control to the default value, ie calling the above reset() method, 
>> example formatting:
>>
>> +--- legend [x] -------------------+
>> |                                  |
>> |    +----------------------+      |
>> |    |                   [x]|      |
>> |    +----------------------+      |
>> +----------------------------------+
>>
>> which shows a clear button on a fieldset and input field. Note that 
>> Opera's date related fields also have an "none" button, which might be 
>> equivalent of the above
>>     
>
> That's just a UI detail. Nothing is stopping UA implementors from 
> including this kind of UI today.
>
>
>   
>> - are negative years allowed (B.C.)? the datetime description tells me 
>> "four or more digits (0 to 9) representing the year" which implies "no". 
>> use case: hystory questionary
>>     
>
> No, negative years aren't allowed. As has been pointed out by others, the 
> date control isn't really that useful as defined today for 
> non-contemporary dates. The use case is primarily e-commerce. Historical 
> cases are far more complex, rarer, and probably need custom UI, and thus 
> don't really fall in our "80%" target.
>
> Let us know if there's anything else we can do to help with your 
> implementation! Also, note that there's an implementors mailing list if 
> you want to discuss implementation-specific details:
>
>    http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#imps
>
> HTH,
>