Additionally, learning Javascript when in a web appllication world, can only improve your capabilities and employablity....
-----Original Message----- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:56 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Inline frames a good alternative for creating web applications? Seems like you're doing more work trying to avoid work. - Matt Small -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:50 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Inline frames a good alternative for creating web applications? Thanks for the insights, Barney... Question: Can an inline frame be setup to trigger another iframe when some action is performed that triggers it? Not clear, I know...so...a scenario... Three iframes on a page...click on a link in first frame, second frame responds, and causes third frame to respond....like a chain reaction. If so, would this substitute for concurrency? Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Inline frames a good alternative for creating web > applications? > > > The biggest problem with using frames is concurrency. You can't do > more than one thing at a time (unless you have two frames, then it's > two things at a time), which can be very troubling. With Flash and JS > remoting you can perform multiple concurrent actions, which is very > useful. You also get the capability to pass complex data fairly > easily, and move a lot of your UI logic to the client-side, which > results in a far better user experience. > > And don't think you can use inline frames without JS. When the frame > loads, you have to parse out the content that you need, and then > rebuild the visible document with that new content. > > cheers, > barneyb > > On 10/27/05, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, all... > > > > I've been interested in building web applications that don't require > > a page refresh for a few years now. First Iooked at Flash...didn't > > like it a few versions ago...and still don't. Don't want to work > > with the Flash GUI or learn ActionScript. > > > > Now, along comes AJAX...everyone's excited. But upon further > > examination, to use it I've got to learn Javascript and other > technologies > > about which I know virtually nothing. (And no...I don't have a > > market at this time that would justify the effort) > > > > My question is this...why not just use inline frames (as someone > > mentioned recently as their method for building applications) > to simulate > > "non-page refreshing" apps? > > > > I've used them a little, but not a lot, so I'd like some feedback on > > what the drawbacks are to building apps using inline frames...I > can stick > > to Cold Fusion and HTML alone...no Javascript, no > > Actionscript...sounds good to me. > > > > Can anyone point me to some online examples of significant inline > > frames usage to build apps? > > > > What am I missing? > > > > Thanks for any feedback and guidance... > > > > Rick > > > > > > -- > Barney Boisvert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 360.319.6145 > http://www.barneyb.com/ > > Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:222485 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
