From: Marc G. K. <ma...@sq...> - 2006-03-30 17:33:53
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On Thu, March 30, 2006 18:42, Steve Brown wrote: >> 1) What is the advantage of AJAX above normal templates; >> > > Because it looks cool. > > >> 2) Why do you thing 1) is an advantage; >> > > Because it looks cool. > > > ;-) > Hehe, but seriously, that's exactly the problem, people think AJAX looks good but it's not AJAX that make it looks good. IMHO the only valid reason for using AJAX is the asynchronous part to retrieve XML data and that's exactly the part what has nothing to do with the looks of squirrelmail. Sure there are areas where The looking good part is in your hands because you are working on the templates at this moment ;) > >> 3) What is the form of the XML structure SquirrelMail should provide >> > > I dunno about this. If templating is done correctly (which I believe > it will be), then AJAX could be accomplished through templating. It > doesn't seem like it would impact SQM that much, and if it does, its up to > the template author to make sure all the accounting is done correctly. > We still need to provide the XML structures and the template eats them so SquirrelMail dictates. Probably we need to add an xmlhttp.php file with the function we offer. Inside the xmlhttp function we call the proper internal squirrelmail functions and do the php var to xml translation. >> PS: AJAX sucks, PSV is much better at this moment ;) >> > > Link to PSV? > www.ajax.nl and www.psv.nl, both are soccer clubs in the Netherlands ;) Another non soccer related link: http://www.usabilityviews.com/ajaxsucks.html Marc. |