Well, JS remoting capabilities have been around since the late ninties, so it's hardly new technology. I'm not sure why there's been a sudden upsurge in interest, because it's certainly not a new concept, and has been used all over the place for many years. I think the word AJAX has some subconcious appeal to people, because that's all it is: a buzzword. There is no such thing as AJAX technology, no versions of it, nothing.
I'll certainly agree that IFRAMEs are easier to understand than JS remoting, but then, a steak knife is easier to understand than a compound miter saw as well. You could frame a house with either one, but, well, you see where I'm going. ;) Part of being a good developer is being familiar with enough tools to pick the right one for a job, and also to appreciate that some jobs fall outside your domain experience, and you'll either have to expand your domain, or turn down the job. It's a hard fact of life (no one likes to say "yeah, um, I don't know how to do that"), but it is a fact. And the more varied your knowledge, the less it'll happen. Apologies for getting all philisophical and preachy, but such is life. cheers, barneyb On 10/27/05, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Possibly...but that's definitely not true when it comes to Flash > and Actionscript...I've tried working with Flash through the last > 3 or 4 versions, including the latest, but I don't like working with > the Flash timeline (and I'm familiar with timelines, because I do > video editing every day with one, including animation)...Flash is > just too much buck (work) for the bang...client's (at least mine) > don't want to pay for that much work...besides, I don't like it anyway. > > Now about AJAX...I don't know...could be easier or not...but my > research to this point tells me a lot harder...inline frames are easy > to understand. > > I just don't think the tools are ready for Rich Client apps that I require > for working with them...I want them to be easier...nothing wrong with that. > Right now, it seems that Rich Clients and AJAX technology are still > too much in their early stages for me. They still look like they're trying > to "frankenstein" technologies together that weren't originally meant to > work that way. Perhaps I need to wait until AJAX 4.0 comes out and > by that time there will be AJAX tools available to make it easier... > > I may be missing the boat and my perspective may be totally skewed, > so feel free to correct me...this is research time... > > Rick > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:222476 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
