Evangelism/DeveloperFeedback

File Upload

• 12/15/2008 - http://gordon-myers.com/?p=170
  • Notes from Chris Blizzard
  • Can't use width and height to style form control (would be simple and well-understood - could set a minimum size as well)
  • No obvious visual way to clear file value (can do with a button)
  • Use the cancel button in the dialog to clear the value?
  • Instead of using a text box, use a simple box
  • Need docs on how to use file dialog + XHR + progress (see the blog for a code snippit)

Clipboard

• 2/23/2009 - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407983
  • Reported by Dion
  • Can't get clipboard data like IE and WebKit
  • Nice blog post from Dion. (added by sethb, Dion is not self promoting.)

DOM Events

• DOMContentLoaded is firing early
  • Affects dojo
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444322
  • Reproducable with Firebug installed very easy
  • http://gchris.googlepages.com/444322.html

Offline Data Access

• Google Gears Database: http://code.google.com/apis/gears/api_database.html
• HTML5 SQL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#sql
• DOM Storage: https://developer.mozilla.org/En/DOM/Storage and http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#structured-client-side-storage
• Offline Resources in Firefox: https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Offline_resources_in_Firefox (not exactly data access but is an important part.)