[Seaside] CSS style not applied until reload
Nevin Pratt
nevin at bountifulbaby.com
Wed Apr 14 00:25:49 UTC 2010
>
>>
>> But really, a few lines in a WAFileLibrary method isn't truly an
>> "external" style sheet and not much of a down side is it? Does it use
>> that much server resources? Won't the client agent cache the bits?
>> Seems a lot less cumbersome than all that Apache stuff.
>>
>> Still the calculated measurements might require a kludge. Perhaps a
>> calculated class would do the trick if the calculation results in a
>> discrete and small number of outcomes.
>>
>> John
>
> Why even do that, then?
>
> It depends on who you want to have the ability to modify a CSS style:
> (1) a graphic artist, or (2) a Smalltalk programmer.
>
> If the answer to that question is that it is fine having it be the
> Smalltalk programmer who modifies the CSS (which, in effect, this
> decision also defines much of what the downside is), I personally
> think the #style methods are the most convenient, and nothing else is
> really even needed.
>
> Nevin
>
Oh, and as for the possible performance downside (worrying about client
caches, and such), I personally don't think that is an issue, or even
something to consider these days.
But others might disagree.
Nevin
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