New technical notes on the Reorderer component

[Colin Clark]

Hi everyone,

As many of you have probably heard, we're starting in on the process of 
refactoring out the re-ordering logic from the Lightbox. We'll be 
creating a new JavaScript object that can be used to provide accessible 
drag-and-drop services for new Fluid components.

The working name for this library is the Reorderer. It's a bit of a 
mouthful. Any suggestions for a better name?

Joseph and I have been working on some architecture notes for this 
refactoring. Take a look and let us know what you think. Be forewarned 
that much of this material is quite technical in nature.

http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Reorderer+Technical+Overview
http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Reorderer-Lightbox+Separation+of+Concerns
http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Reorderer+Shift+Algorithm

There is also a list of JIRA items filed under the "Reorderable" 
component for the tasks we intend to do over the next couple of weeks.

http://issues.fluidproject.org

If you have time to pitch in and lend a hand, please feel free.

Colin

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Colin Clark
Technical Lead, Fluid Project
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
http://fluidproject.org