Re: [OT] HTML and Flex layouts

2012-06-25 Thread sathyamoorthi
On 6/25/2012 11:49 PM, jude wrote: In regards to the frequent questions of HTML and Flex and other topics, some more OT than others, some of these questions have been asked before but the answer then may be different than the answer now. In that case, instead of closing someone down, may I sugges

Re: [OT] HTML and Flex layouts

2012-06-25 Thread sathyamoorthi
Thanks to clarify my doubts Jude. On 6/25/2012 11:29 PM, jude wrote: 1.But why they didn't propose these things (HGrop etc) to W3C for better layout. The browsers already have something like this. It's called the table element. It works great for vertical, horiztonal and grid layout. There a

Re: [OT] HTML and Flex layouts

2012-06-25 Thread jude
In regards to the frequent questions of HTML and Flex and other topics, some more OT than others, some of these questions have been asked before but the answer then may be different than the answer now. In that case, instead of closing someone down, may I suggest we don't respond (let the conversat

Re: [OT] HTML and Flex layouts

2012-06-25 Thread jude
> > 1.But why they didn't propose these things (HGrop etc) to W3C for better > layout. > The browsers already have something like this. It's called the table element. It works great for vertical, horiztonal and grid layout. There are some disadvantages to it compared to other layout approaches. For

Re: [OT] HTML and Flex layouts

2012-06-24 Thread sathyamoorthi
Thanks to Justin to clarify lot of my doubts and for a good presentation. -sathyamoorthi.

Re: [OT] HTML and Flex layouts

2012-06-24 Thread Raju Bitter
The W3C had a working group within the "Rich Web Client Activity" named "Declarative Formats for Applications and User Interfaces". Unfortunately the group stopped working in 2007, http://www.w3.org/TR/dfaui/ The goals: "This WG's Charter includes a deliverable named Specification of a declarative

Re: [OT] HTML and Flex layouts

2012-06-23 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > Why should we use different JavaScript frameworks for each task. Because HTML isn't a full application framework unlike Flex. > Instead, if it is being a property of HTML that would be nice. That would be nice but sadly not the way it currently works. > Why don't Apache / Adobe propose HGr

Re: [OT] HTML and Flex layouts

2012-06-23 Thread sathyamoorthi
Hi, Thanks for your reply Justin. HTML and Flex have totally different layout systems. (Flex is multi file/component based for starters). If you layout out HTML in a grid/column like use one the frameworks out there to help you do it, 960 Grid (960.gs) is a good example. I am hav

[OT] HTML and Flex layouts

2012-06-23 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > 1.But why they didn't propose these things (HGrop etc) to W3C for better > layout. HTML and Flex have totally different layout systems. (Flex is multi file/component based for starters). If you layout out HTML in a grid/column like use one the frameworks out there to help you do it, 960 G