Introduction
March 13th, 2007
Returnable serves as a open-platform architectural guide to advance the use of the URL as a DSL for specifying 3 traits : content,its delivery ,and its behaviour on the web through the use of Returnable elements embedded within web pages .
Demos
May 13th, 2007
Hover over for a tooltip with social bookmarks and now with images!
<span><returnable href='http://onhover.returnable.org/tooltip.text/An easy way to link interactive content'>Hover over this for a cool tooltip</returnable></span><BR>
<ul><li><span><returnable href='http://onhover.returnable.org/tooltip.text/this is another tooltip<BR>now put your own html </b>,images and more !<BR><img src="http://mezzoblue.com/i/articles/10-10-06-socialmadness.gif" alt="img"/><br><i> sweet!</i>'>Hover over for a tooltip with social bookmarks and now with images!</returnable></span></li></ul><BR>
<span><returnable href='http://onclick.returnable.org/tooltip.text/accepted functions are onhover,onload and onclick'>click me as well !</returnable></span>
<ul><li><span><returnable href='http://onhover.returnable.org/tooltip.text/this is another tooltip<BR>now put your own html </b>,images and more !<BR><img src="http://mezzoblue.com/i/articles/10-10-06-socialmadness.gif" alt="img"/><br><i> sweet!</i>'>Hover over for a tooltip with social bookmarks and now with images!</returnable></span></li></ul><BR>
<span><returnable href='http://onclick.returnable.org/tooltip.text/accepted functions are onhover,onload and onclick'>click me as well !</returnable></span>
FAQ
May 13th, 2007
- What is Returnable ?
- Returnable is a methodology for dynamic generation of three things : content , its delivery and its behaviour.
- What is Returnable used for ?
- It's great for widgets,tooltips and third party RIA's .Whats more, the API is accessed from within HTML elements called Returnable tags.
- What do I need to have Returnable Tags in my web page?
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To have returnable tags (like tooltips ) in your web site / blog ,you need the following:
- Add a script element pointing to our server for configuration /setup . (Note :Also setup on your own servers... coming soon !) . <script type='text/javascript' src='http://returnable.org/returnable-core.js'></script>
- With one line of html , get a cool tooltip or any other return type.(Note: widget , alert box's , snapshots , and more...)
It should like this<span><returnable href='http://onhover.returnable.org/tooltip.text/this is somethin'>Hover over this for a cool tooltip</returnable></span>
- Add a script element pointing to our server for configuration /setup . (Note :Also setup on your own servers... coming soon !) .
Theory
May 13th, 2007
While this is still an experimental stage, the alpha versions have already proved that this model can be used effectively. Here is a early diagram used to explain how returnable fits in along with other paradigms.
News
May 14th, 2007
Currently Available return types
- tooltip
- onhover
- onclick
- Official website running !
- Project website
You can get involved in the forums to discuss the TODO's ,feature requests , bug reporting across different browsers , suggestions , or just to hang around and see how you can get invovled or use Returnable on your blog ,web page or site.
- Support for all three events : onclick , onclick (DONE) & onload(coming soon)
- Support for all more return types : tooltip (DONE) , alert , video embedder, snapshot, widgets (coming soon)
- Sandbox / Demo page
- Documentation / wiki
- IRC Channel , lookout for #returnable at irc.freenode.net
For Returnable.org,