Re: [Fofredux-devel] A few changes

[Evan R. <eva...@gm...>]

The secret to prototype is simply $F.  It makes it so simple to grab a DOM
object and begin to play with it.  I've found prototype itself to be
relatively lightweight, since when you are doing ajax stuff, you really do
need the whole mix of stuff it provides.  If i remember correctly, MooFX is
built on prototype, and is more for javascript effects...similar to what yo=
u
would find from yahoo!, rico, etc.  prototype simply provides the framework
to make the rest possible.
In short, if we want the functionality, but not the fancy interface
effects...you just need prototype.  I'm sure theres alternatives...but
everything i've done at work and home has started there, so that's the
extent of my experience.


On 3/21/06, Andrew Turner <ajt...@hi...> wrote:
>
> Good point about the keyboard implementation and other benefits. We
> should do a quick review/analysis of the available libraries before
> choosing one.
>
> Andrew
>
> On 3/21/06, Kevin <ke...@dr...> wrote:
> >
> > > Definitely, I think Ajax is great thing for smooth user-interface and
> > > will definitely be put into FoFRedux 0.4. I just want to make sure we
> > > keep our design heads about us when putting it in. :)
> > >
> > > I've used prototype a bunch and it's very nice. However, it can be
> > > very heavyweight. There is MooFX which is supposed to be a much
> > > lighter-weight, but fairly full-featured Ajax library. Worst case, we
> > > just write the straight ajax, which is pretty simple and I've done
> > > that before as well.
> >
> > I haven't used Prototype yet, but have read the docs and quite a few
> > reviews.  It's benefits are not limited to Ajax.  I think the event
> > handling and OO helper objects/functions look very useful also.   The
> > event handling specifically, looks like it will save alot of effort
> > finishing up the keyboard shortcut work.
> >
> > -Kevin
> >
> >
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