also +1 on using data attributes. these are exactly what they are made for. On Dec 30, 2012 11:19 AM, "Yuvi Panda" yuvipanda@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 4:20 AM, Paul Selitskas <p.selitskas@gmail.com
wrote:
Perhaps, you chose the wrong approach. Dig in HTML5 data attributes, for examples. That's a better data interface between wikipage code and the View. You can then access them with $(selector).data() method.
+1. I've been using this on a few gadgets I've been writing and it is wonderful. This was possible only recently, though - ever since HTML5 was enabled on WMF wikis.
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