[uf-discuss] Widgetbox thinks outside the box...

[Chris Messina]

...and develops YAWS (yet another widget syntax).

One that looks like this: <wbx:keywords xmlns:wbx="urn:wbx" value="tech" />

Here's how a "user" might create a "smart blog" post:

http://beta.widgetbox.com/docs/smartblogs/

Essentially, from what I can tell, they use JS to go in and replace
the <wbx /> instances with iframes that pull content from the
WidgetBox site (according to this:
http://forums.widgetbox.com/viewtopic.php?id=13).

While they support rel-tag, they seem to have dispensed with the
microformats concept after that.

Any thoughts on this? I contacted them to get their side -- seems a
pity that they wouldn't try working on the hWidget spec if they're
aware of it, given what they say on their homepage: "This is a work in
progress. We certainly need more documentation, more widgets, and more
assistance putting widgets on blogs. Please let us know what we need
most."

Perhaps we should tell them.

Chris

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