Re: [Gmod-ajax] AJAX GBrowse poster feedback from RECOMB

[Hilmar L. <hl...@gm...>]

On Apr 23, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Andrew Uzilov wrote:

> I realized I can't really come up with a convincing reason AGAINST  
> Java.

In my experience the main issues with applets are load-time and  
browser-specific event handling quirks that at first seem minor but  
turn out to be major headaches if one of the main goals is UI  
interactivity (which it seems to be here ...)

I agree with the stylesheet disconnect issue raised - that's clearly  
undesirable.

As for the some of the other arguments, such as printing or speed, in  
my experience they apply as much to JS or other embedded scripting  
languages for that matter (just compare a Google Map on the screen  
and once you print it, for example; you have full control over  
printing from an applet with a custom-written print handler). An old  
machine that slows down an applet will have at least as much issue  
with executing the JS.

	-hilmar
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