Mark Frazier
Bio here - http://MiiU.org/wiki/openworld
I'm looking for a web-based solution for the "narrative fractal" concepts here - http://is.gd/nfractals .
A few questions...
First, is there a way to control the shape of the cards? I'd like some of the cards (for user profiles) to be in triangular shape, and to be able to include other triangular shaped cards within them -> http://is.gd/soctets
Second, is there a way that some of the cards can run Processing graphic animations inside them?
Third, can scripts be run when an object is clicked on (as was the case with Hypercard objects) that launches a script to dynamically assemble and display on the fly a page with multiple cards embedded?
BTW, your captcha system is extremely hard to work with.
Best,
Mark Frazier
@openworld @peerlearning (twitter)
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Hi Mark,
Thanks for the bug report about the captcha issue. It turns out the actual bug involved comment permissions and was introduced in our recent version 1.7 release. I have deployed a fix, though, now that you have an account, you won't have to deal with ReCaptcha any more. (Even when working properly, it can sometimes be challenge. The upside is that your submissions are used to help digitize books.)
I'm interested in the narrative fractal concept. Wagn is fractal in nature, and we have in the past considered rebranding to highlight this feature, though few today recognize the value there.
You can customize the look of any cardtype. Much of this can be done with simple CSS, but triangles would be a tad more involved, since HTML/CSS is primarily oriented towards rectangles. Still, quite doable.
Re graphics animations, you can embed whatever kinds of objects you like in cards. Wagn doesn't have any functionality for building such animations, but if you have a web-ready object, it should not be hard to plop into a card.
As for scripts, we are developing a powerful "pack" API for extending "packs" of wagn cards. It's currently quite good for creating new ways to display data; the next phase is to add the capacity to add various triggers for transforms so that your data ecosystem can embrace richer internal and external flows.
However, the specific use you mention of assembling and displaying cards on the fly may well be possible without any true scripting using inclusions and queries.
I have glanced at the links you added but have not yet had time to read through them. I'm curious to do so. Sounds like there is a great deal of overlap in our respective endeavors and communities.
- ethan