I'd be -for- having something like this inside jQuery. For all the other non-element additions that there in jQuery, something like this would be a great feature to have.
As much as code purity is a good thing, there comes a point when you say 'well, this might just make things better...'. Stephen Howard wrote: > > > > Christof Donat wrote: >> >> Cons: >> - either you need to do synchronous loading like JSON does or you need to >> work >> with callbacks as I do. Synchronous loading blocks the browser, callbacks >> are >> not understood by everyone. >> >> > I believe Christof is referring here to JSAN (openjsan.org) not JSON > (data format) when he is referring to the synchronous loading > > > I'd like to throw in my voice in support of Christof's call for keeping > things like this out of jQuery proper. To me 'doing different things > should look different'. When i see raw ajax calls and such hanging off > $ that looks wrong, as I think of $ signifying that I'm selecting and > manipulating the DOM. If I'm doing something that doesn't have to do > with DOM selection, I shouldn't see the $ in my code, because that's > what I associate it with, and anything else interrupts the visual > texture of my code. > > -Stephen > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/On-Demand-Javascript--tf2220945.html#a6155814 Sent from the JQuery forum at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
