Sean, Don't you think with the interest in Ajax shown on the list this week that those simpler API's are but mere months away?
Most developers aren't trying to build another Google maps, they just want to build better forms and navigation. Rick Mason On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:24:09 -0800, Sean Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:10:42 -0500, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Stuff like that is not within the reach of the average programmer. Sorry, > > but that's a fact of life." > > > > I disagree with that. > > You talked about "extremely skilled" people. "extremely skilled" is > not the average programmer. Once there are simpler APIs - built by > "extremely skilled" programmers then this stuff will move into the > reach of the "average" programmer. > > Right now, today, those simpler APIs do not exist in any meaningful > way so "stuff like that is not within the reach of the average > programmer". > -- > Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/ > Team Fusebox -- http://www.fusebox.org/ > Got Gmail? -- I have 50, yes 50, invites to give away! > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199435 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
