[thelist] preserve state when manipulating the DOM

Shawn K. Quinn skquinn at speakeasy.net
Tue Dec 13 10:24:10 CST 2005


On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 20:24 -0500, Matt Warden wrote:
> On 12/12/05, Ivo P <ipletikosic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Given your question, do you think preserving state thru AJAX is a
> > fruitless endeavour?
> 
> No, but if you are running into serious state problems, then you are
> probably misusing AJAX in the same way people misuse(d) Flash when it
> was all the rage.

> Bottom line: you'll be successful with AJAX if you don't get caught up
> in the hype.

Put another way, technology should be used on a "need to have" basis,
and the case where the optional technology such as Javascript is not
present or enabled should always be kept in mind for Web sites.

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at speakeasy.net>




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