There's an crossbrowser JavaScript LGPL Project at http://www.uwyn.com/projects/relativelayers .
It shows dynamic Layer creation at: http://www.uwyn.com/projects/relativelayers/examples/example10.html . Most of the RelativeLayers package is supported on both IE and Netscape. Even Opera (www.opera.com) can handle some of its functionality, but not all... mvg, Geert. "Bert Van Kets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I've done some quit extensive programming using Layers with JavaScript. It > is perfectly possible to create this and the user would indeed perceive it > as being faster. The problem is that the server does not know what is > going on (as Carsten already pointed out) and that using client side > JavaScript does have some infringements on the JavaScript support of the > browser. Making your code work with ALL browsers is nearly > impossible. Many of my colleagues have migrated to using server side > scripting as much as possible and only use client side when there is no > other way. This is a bit extreme to my opinion, since it creates a lot of > overhead on bandwidth, but it surely is the safest way since most code runs > in a well known and controlled environment. > > Bert > > At 10:28 6/05/2002 +0200, you wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Michael Homeijer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 8:49 AM > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > Subject: RE: Cocoon Portal - Tabbed layout and Radio integration > > > > > > > > > IMHO the problem with most portal layout's is that if you have multiple > > > "portlets" open and one is changed, the complete page has to be refreshed. > > > Depending on the functionality and the possibility of caching, this can be > > > very time consuming. > > > > > > Gartner had a site that solved this by having portlets in a single "layer" > > > (I am not a HTML expert, but I think this is what it's called). It looked > > > great, all portlets could be dragged to the location at which you want to > > > have them and they really looked like child windows. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
