Starting it,it occurred to me that somebody should integrate the XPath evaluator of Extension Developers Extension into Buddy. I will probably not get around to it soon, I just thought it would be a very good tool.
]]>As usual, a lot of improvements and fixes. The executive summary is:
Release Notes - Download it here - Full announcement message
Go download it right away! :-)
]]>There are some “challenges” in using addons.mozilla.org, so right now Linux users will get this message: “Mozilla XForms is not available for Linux”. That’s not true, and version 0.5 can still be downloaded for Linux and Mac.
Soon 0.6 should be available for Linux too, and we’ll post an official announcement, etc.
Updated: Due to quick action from #amo (thanks!), the above was only true or a short while, and there’s both a Linux and Windows version available from there. Announcement to follow soon.
]]>Tomorrow, I’ll give a talk about Firefox and XForms at I Jornada de Tecnologias Web y Software Libre in La Coruña, Spain. And no, my Spanish has still not improved enough to do the talk in Spanish, so it will be in English :-)
Entrance is free, so feel free to show up. I’m not sure whether inscription is necessary though.
]]>bug 339568 is tracking 1.8.0 and 1.8.
]]>After Novell closing the lab. in Copenhagen (and me aparently getting laid :-) ), I moved to Gijón on the northern coast of Spain. I’ve worked as an XForms consultant for Fundación CTIC, which also allowed me to keep working on the Mozilla XForms Extension.
It has been some very good four months here! I have liked the workplace, the people, the food, the countryside, the general ambience, etc. It has been an enriching experience, to again live for an extended period in another country here in Europe (I’ve also lived in France for a year, many years ago). So I feel rather sad about leaving. But it will probably not be the last time I will be in Spain :-)
For now, I am still in Spain though — putting the final touches on the 0.6 version of the XForms extension, which will be available in a week or two. We’ve taken yet another big step towards XForms 1.0 compliance and reaching a stable product. Another good effort by the entire team!
I’m also trying to finish unfinished samples, put the final touches on my XForms test harness/suite, etc, etc. So much to do, so little time, as I only have one week left to do it all in. Because …
When I finish the contract down here, my original plan was to retract to good old Denmark. I will leave Spain around June 11th, and then go on two weeks of vacation: Driving (slowly) from Gijón to Copenhagen (around 2500 km). Or rather, Copenhagen was the original plan. Still the same vacation, but I’ll stop a few kilometers before that: in Leiden, The Netherlands. Because that’s where my new job is. So much for returning to Denmark, but I am getting closer :-)
I cannot really reveal much about the new job, as it is all very hush hush at this point. But I’ll stay connected to both Mozilla and XForms. To what degree, and how “public”, my involvement will be in these, is a bit unknown for now. I will also keep hanging out in the W3C XForms working group though.
I cannot keep my current level of involvement in the Mozilla XForms Extension though. At least for the first many months, I suspect I will be very little involved. I’ll still hang out on IRC, and try to do a review now and then though.
But now the workday is ending. It’s Friday. The sun is shining. I am in Spain. Beach time maybe? :-) Have a nice weekend!
]]>xforms@core.bugs. That means that if you are interested in following bug activity for XForms, that’s the email adress to watch.
That means if you go to your “Email Preferences” in Bugzilla you can add xforms@core.bugs to your User Watching list and receive emails when a new XForms bug are created. If you want to watch continued activity, you probably also want to watch spride@gmail.com which is the QA contact.
It will give anyone interested a look into XForms, and styling credits of course. That’s all I can offer :)
We also need some more samples and possibly a step-by-step description of some of them, or at least some good inline comments. I’m working on that part.
Please contact me if you are interested.
]]>http://beaufour.dk/xforms/xformsbuddy_0.5.6.xpi
I do not have massive amount of time to hack on XForms Buddy, but please feel free to comment or email me if there are bugs or feature requests. Patches are welcome too :-)
]]>Accessibility grants. The Mozilla Foundation will be making two more accessibility-related grants. The first to improve the accessibility of the optional XForms extension; Alexander Surkov will be doing the work for this. Although XForms is not part of the default Firefox build, XForms technology is of interest to corporate and government users, and corporations and governments typically have rather stringent requirements for accessibility (e.g., the U.S. government’s Section 508 requirements). Improving XForms accessibility is therefore (among other things) an investment in promoting future adoption of Firefox in enterprise environments. — Frank Hecker’s blog
]]>I will probably talk about:
I have not totally decided on exactly how the percentages will be yet, but probably around 50% Firefox in general and 50% XForms.
The talk will be in English. Three months in Spain have not magically made be fluent in Spanish :)
]]>We’ve just released version 0.5 of our extension.
Download - Announcement - Release Notes
Major behaviour changes:
Other behaviour changes:
Fix a few issues with output:
Enhanced schema support
The XML Schema support has been greatly enhanced, and we now validate instance documents against their schemas (bug 329136). More details can be found on wiki.mozilla.org.
General UI Refactoring and XUL Support:
Last, but least there has been a lot of work done in refactoring and fixing a lot of UI code. We now support the basic XForms controls inside a XUL document. The refactoring has also paved some of the way for direct SVG-support (which is yet to come).
Too many bugs to mention for this, but bug 327236 points to a lot of the work. The majority of the work has been done by Alexander Surkov (irc: surkov). Big thanks to him.
]]>I’ve also updated our pages on DevMo, and added a few more, including a troubleshooting page.
Have a nice weekend!
]]>I’ve also just read that XForms is used in a European eGovernment project called eMayor.
I’ve also heard about a few projects here in Spain. It’s starting to spread, so maybe we should get that XForms extension done :)
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