Isaac, Actually I have used Dan's client server JSAPI for quite some time. I've found it much more stable and easier to implement than alternatives like the two selects related tag. I know he was planning a version 2.0 of QForms and I believe the JSAPI, but so far it hasn't been released.
Our whole CFUG adapted QForms after Dan spoke to our group two years ago. Not many speakers would drive from Columbus to East Lansing and return the same night to speak about an open source product but we were glad that he did. Rick Mason On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:02:24 -0500, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It's worth pointing out that similar DHTML interfaces > >> have been around for > >> many, many years. We've been building interfaces like > >> this before the term > >> DHTML existed, using hidden frames in Netscape 3.0. Being > >> able to use > >> XmlHTTPRequest is just icing on the cake, really. > > > Totally - Pongo (or something like that) was doing it with > > hidden > > frames and wddx I think for quite some time. > > Dan Switzer had one he called "Client/Server Gateway JSAPI" ... part > of the problem with names -- I'd bet it would have had more ubiquity > if it had a simpler name like qForms ... Matt Walker also had > something similar he called Simple Remote Scripting (SRS). > > As names go, AJAX is a good name not only because it's short and easy > to say but also because it has the kind of _sound_ that people > remember (psychology of sound -- like the psychology of color). > > The onTap framework has some tools that accomplish the same ends, I > just don't see the need for XmlHTTPRequest as a transport medium. Part > of the reason I wasn't too hip to use Dan Switzer's API in spite of it > being a pretty small library... I'd think you'd only need or want to > use XML if you planned to send data between different domains hosted > on separate servers, rather than within an individual application > where it seems to me it would be much more efficient to _not_ need to > continaully serialize and deserialize XML packets. > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://macromedia.breezecentral.com/p49777853/ > http://www.sys-con.com/author/?id=4806 > http://www.fusiontap.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199252 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
