Comments on: Install a Widget. Build a Movement.

By: arh1

arh1 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:11:44 +0000

excellent, guys! thanks for humoring we web geeks.

my points 1 and 3 above are resolved. fwiw, point 2 still breaks validation (the script appears to alter the markup to wrap the noscript content in a paragraph?), but actually there i was thinking less about validation and more about general scripting best practices a la the second bullet on Chris Heilmann’s post here: http://www.wait-till-i.com/2005/06/21/six-javascript-features-we-do-not-need-any-longer/

anyway, i appreciate the responsiveness and am proud to use the widget. and i got a chance to ride my bike today — woo hoo!

By: Anil

Anil — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:06:31 +0000

@arh1: We updated the widget with your recommendations. Thanks for the feedback!

By: Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:44:52 +0000

arh1,

Thanks for this feedback. This is too technical for me so I’ll make sure our developers take a look at it and get back to you if necessary.

By: arh1

arh1 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:33:43 +0000

thanks again for providing the widget and all your great community-building/advocacy work in general.

as a web developer it irks me (and can be quite problematic) that the Action Widget code does not validate. can we make the code valid xhtml? i’m seeing essentially 3 errors to deal with:

1) add the ‘type’ attribute to the script tag

2) remove the noscript content… i’m not sure the rationale for this common practice with widget-type code… the preferable approach would be to print the “noscript” content just like any other, with a unique class/id which the script could then hide — any reason not to do that here?

3) remove the ‘border’ attribute from the img tag. probably fine to leave the border for noscript browsers, right? otherwise, what about a style attribute instead of border?

just askin’

By: arh1

arh1 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:36:26 +0000

thanks for providing these, guys (and helping to build community/awareness around these issues via such great content on streetsblog.org). happy to link back here…

By: Jennifer Lindner

Jennifer Lindner — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:31:28 +0000

One thing that’s been difficult for me, is knowing when a vote has already been decided or if it’s still viable to call. And is it still worth contacting congress after votes have been decided? Seems like it might be. I can’t see anything being too written in stone these days. So I’d love to see widgets saying:

1] what the issue is/current status

2] number to call

3] most pertinent point to make

By: Jennifer Lindner

Jennifer Lindner — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:17:05 +0000

What about a Twitter network for timely calls? And widgets with phone numbers or links to phone numbers in them, next to quick points to make on the issues at hand?

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:42:14 +0000

Sorry, Aaron, I can never forget. And I’m used to everything on the Web looking a little broken. But yes, it definitely looks better now. Thanks, Andy!

By: Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:59:32 +0000

Cap: Forget my previous question. Our designer Andy Cochran made some fixes so it looks right on your web site.

By: Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:48:50 +0000

Cap’n: It actually looks a little broken in my browser. Does it look OK in yours?

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:38:19 +0000

Okay, I've got one up on my site. I thought Blogger would give me a hard time, but it was pretty straightforward. I just added an HTML widget and pasted the text into it.