[Seaside] odds and ends

radoslav hodnicak rh at 4096.sk
Wed Jun 29 18:29:19 CEST 2005



On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Wilkes Joiner wrote:

> Javascript has had a bad rap for a couple of valid reasons.
> Primarily, web monkeys (I mean that in an endearing way) writing
> crappy javascript functions and the problems with cross browser
> support.  Prototype alleviates a lot of that pain.  I've gone from "no
> javascript" to "we can use javascript for that" simply because of
> Prototype.  Check out its integration with Ruby On Rails.  I would
> love to see that simplicity of use in Seaside.  Livecallbacks are a
> good start, but there is more that can be done.

What's the answer to "Why do we want to use javascript for that?" ?
Sure, you can make your web app look more like a desktop app. But is that 
desirable? I certainly don't want people to come to *expect* e.g. 
drag&drop on webpages.

rado


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