Announcing JsWidget 0.1

I've been working for the past week or so on a JavaScript
licensing widget 
that has been suggested on our wiki 
<http://
wiki.creativecommons.org/JsWidget>.  It's a new way
to integrate 
CC licensing into your web application.  It's really as easy
as pie: Just 
add the following tag somewhere in the body:

<script src="http://api.creativecommons.org/jswidget/tags/0
.1/complete.js" 
/>

and a CC licensing widget will appear.  Your web application
can then use 
regular DOM queries to determine the user's choice.

NOTE that this is not ready for prime-time use!  I want
feedback on what 
people would like us to add or change.  Right now it serves
only 
English-language text; in the future you will be able to do

src=".../complete.js?locale=", stick your language
code at the end, and 
get text back in your language.  Beyond translation, tell me
how else I 
can be of service!

You can download a trivial sample application and a long-ish
README at our 
SourceForge project: 
http://sourceforge.net/project/
showfiles.php?group_id=80503&package_id=239510 
.  For y'all's (in)convenience I've attached the README
here, too.

It'll take you all of five minutes to deeply understand
what's going on, 
so I suggest you do if you're thinking about (or if you
already are) 
offering CC licensing to users of web applications you work
on.

-- Asheesh.

P.S. Hi everyone, I was an intern last summer but now I'm a
real tech guy 
at CC.  Pleased to meet you all!

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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Asheesh Laroia wrote:

> I've been working for the past week or so on a
JavaScript licensing 
> widget that has been suggested on our wiki 
> <http://
wiki.creativecommons.org/JsWidget>.  It's a new way
to integrate 
> CC licensing into your web application.  It's really as
easy as pie: 
> Just add the following tag somewhere in the body:
>
> <script src="http://api.creativecommons.org/jswidget/tags/0
.1/complete.js" />

Actually, until two hours ago, that JS link didn't work. 
Now it does - so 
please try again!

Also, check out a demo I've put on the web (note that
labs-dot is a 
different domain than api-dot, and that this demo works in
accordance with 
the domain-based web browser security model:

http://labs.creativecommons.org/jswidget/tags/
0.1/example_web_app/

Thanks to Jon Phillips for asking for an example and making
sure 
with me that it worked.

-- Asheesh.

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JsWidget 0.2 is now up.  New features include:

* Actual translated text for about half of the UI (try
?lang=fr)
* Stopped asking users questions that only affect retired
licenses

Those are the important changes that come to mind.  There
are some other 
changes behind the scenes, too, of course.  You can play
with a sample 
instance at 
http://labs.creativecommons.org/jswidget/tags/
0.2/example_web_app/ , and 
SourceFrog has a download link for you at 
http://sourceforge.net/project/
showfiles.php?group_id=80503&package_id=239510 .

As always, I welcome comments back to me personally or to
the list!  I've 
also updated http://wiki.
creativecommons.org/JsWidget to reflect the 
current state, so you'll always be able to track this
project there.

-- Asheesh.

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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Burobjorn wrote:

> Asheesh,
>
> Nice work!
>
> Just a tiny comment: The checkboxes in the example are
not aligned.

Yeah.  I'll see if I can get Alex to look into the styling. 
That's 
definitely not my area of expertise.

> ps: Your typo(?) of calling SourceForge SourceFrog made
my day ;)

It's a sudo-typo. (-;

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In JsWidget, I'd like it to work as well as possible in
every browser. 
So I started testing in Internet Explorer, and it seems to
have a strange 
issue where it refuses to parse everything after (and
including) the 
<script> tag.  See for yourself by loading this link
in IE:

http://labs.creativecommons.org/jswidget/trunk/ex
ample_web_app/

Everything from the <script> tag onwards doesn't seem
to render in the 
Internet Explorer browsers I have access to, both versions 6
and 7.

Maybe someone on this list who knows IE well could give me a
hand?  If not 
I'll keep stabbing in the dark....

Thanks a lot!

-- Asheesh.

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