This comparison of modes is itself a Clearspring widget, itself managed using Launchpad. It uses what Clearspring calls the In-Widget product (and I think of as the standard mode). It’s interesting to note that the CSS for this blog does not govern the widget; for example, as we move from this part of the post into the widget, we see the font change. I think that if I was using the In-Widget API (what I think of as advanced mode) I could have the widget inherit CSS from its context.
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01Nov
Posted by andrew @ 10:14 pm
Tags: clearspring, launchpad
3 Responses
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
This is really helpful. We will definitely take this into consideration. It’s definitely tough naming this stuff!
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:04 am
Hooman, thanks for stopping by.
Soon after writing the post, I decided that my preferred term for what is now called “on-page” is “from-page.” I posted my reasoning to the Clearspring forums:
http://www.clearspring.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1253&hilit=&sid=51947d8b4e2f10346390737476f21664
So I changed the appropriate cell of the table in the widget. Note that I didn’t have to edit the post(s) in which the widget is used. The changes were automatically and immediately reflected.
November 8th, 2008 at 2:10 am
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