[thelist] preserve state when manipulating the DOM

[Ivo P]

> Why are you using AJAX for an application where the UI state is that important?

Not much of an application yet, just a nifty UI.

Given your question, do you think preserving state thru AJAX is a
fruitless endeavour?

I rolled my own solution and wanted to find out what other solutions,
if any, might be available or tried.


On 12/9/05, Matt Warden <mwarden at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/9/05, Ivo P <ipletikosic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have created some nifty UI by manipulating the DOM of a page. I like
> > it because I've offloaded the entire UI onto the browser and just use
> > the backend server to query for information.
> >
> > How do you folks go about preserving the UI state in case a user hits
> > refresh? or backward then forward?
> >
> > My first attempt was to notify the backend using XmlHttpRequest of UI
> > changes but maybe there is an easier way to maintain all this on the
> > client.
>
> Why are you using AJAX for an application where the UI state is that important?
>
> --
> Matt Warden
> Miami University
> Oxford, OH, USA
> http://mattwarden.com