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I don't see a reference to Mozilla's X-Tags. X-Tags already links to listings of web components so why is this so different than that listing but also similar?

spankalee 12y ago
It looks like Mozilla is moving away from X-Tags in favor of directly using the web component APIs.
- csuwldcat 12y ago
  X-Tag author here. A big part of their switch seems to be a result of interpersonal issues with the X-Tag creators. After I left on less-than-good-terms with a handful of folks at Mozilla, they decided to ditch a library that makes components small, modular, and DRY, for what appears to be spite. The new Brick code base is over 2x heavier (despite being billed as a "lightening" move), each component is 40-60% larger (with a ton of repetition and use of X-Tag code), and the browser compat range has been reduced greatly. They never reached out to the X-Tag team before posting this - it contains glaring inaccuracies and negative sentiment toward X-Tag. I'm deeply disappointed by their poor open source behavior, and general lack of courtesy.
csuwldcat 12y ago
It's not a lot different, in fact, they've just remade our X-Tag components into heavier, less DRY, less modular copies that range from 40-60% larger than their equivalent X-Tag originals, while at the same time managing to reduce browser compat and feature coverage (for ex: Brick Deck lacks the transition support X-Tag's provides, and it's actually larger!) Compare it for yourself: Brick Flipbox: https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-flipbox/blob/master/src/br.. https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-flipbox/blob/master/src/br.... vs X-Tag Flipbox: https://github.com/x-tag/flipbox/blob/master/src/flipbox.js https://github.com/x-tag/flipbox/blob/master/src/flipbox.js ----- Brick Deck: https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-deck/blob/master/src/deck... https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-deck/blob/master/src/deck..... AND https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-deck/blob/master/src/card... https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-deck/blob/master/src/card..... vs X-Tag Deck: https://github.com/x-tag/deck/blob/master/src/deck.js https://github.com/x-tag/deck/blob/master/src/deck.js

spankalee 12y ago

It looks like Mozilla is moving away from X-Tags in favor of directly using the web component APIs.

csuwldcat 12y ago
X-Tag author here. A big part of their switch seems to be a result of interpersonal issues with the X-Tag creators. After I left on less-than-good-terms with a handful of folks at Mozilla, they decided to ditch a library that makes components small, modular, and DRY, for what appears to be spite. The new Brick code base is over 2x heavier (despite being billed as a "lightening" move), each component is 40-60% larger (with a ton of repetition and use of X-Tag code), and the browser compat range has been reduced greatly. They never reached out to the X-Tag team before posting this - it contains glaring inaccuracies and negative sentiment toward X-Tag. I'm deeply disappointed by their poor open source behavior, and general lack of courtesy.

csuwldcat 12y ago

It's not a lot different, in fact, they've just remade our X-Tag components into heavier, less DRY, less modular copies that range from 40-60% larger than their equivalent X-Tag originals, while at the same time managing to reduce browser compat and feature coverage (for ex: Brick Deck lacks the transition support X-Tag's provides, and it's actually larger!) Compare it for yourself: Brick Flipbox: https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-flipbox/blob/master/src/br.. https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-flipbox/blob/master/src/br.... vs X-Tag Flipbox: https://github.com/x-tag/flipbox/blob/master/src/flipbox.js https://github.com/x-tag/flipbox/blob/master/src/flipbox.js ----- Brick Deck: https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-deck/blob/master/src/deck... https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-deck/blob/master/src/deck..... AND https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-deck/blob/master/src/card... https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-deck/blob/master/src/card..... vs X-Tag Deck: https://github.com/x-tag/deck/blob/master/src/deck.js https://github.com/x-tag/deck/blob/master/src/deck.js