Hey Ian. Thanks for your reply :)

I don't absolutely need the widget stuff, no..

FWIW, I just tried out a very naive first attempt with a simple gwt
app that just adds a button to the end of the page. I compiled it for
cross-site access (<add-linker name="xs" /> in the .gwt.xml file), and
embedding it in a test page on my computer, it seemed to work. But
now, getting a firefox extension to add it to the page on a page
load..the page just spins forever on a blank page. It'll momentarily
load the right page, then 'redirect', almost, and show a blank page
that's perpetually loading..

Not sure if there's a quick and easy answer to that one! Maybe I've
missed another thing you have to do for embedding a gwt app into a
page not hosted on the same domain.

On May 27, 9:17 pm, Ian Petersen <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think it depends on what you're doing when you "modify the page".
> As of GWT 1.5 (the last version I've used personally), it's difficult
> to construct a Widget around an existing DOM element.  On the other
> hand, if you don't need GWT's Widget API, then GWT is exactly what you
> need.
>
> Some people are confused by GWT's offering, but it's really important
> to remember that it's a very modular tool.  The only thing you need to
> have in order to say you're "using GWT" is the GWT compiler.  The
> download also includes various modules for doing things in a web page,
> though, that make your life easier.  At the very bottom is the DOM API
> that mirrors the browser's DOM API into Java.  There's also a module
> for doing AJAXy stuff, and an RPC-over-HTTP module that's built on top
> of that.  If it suits you, you can use the Widget API, but it's not
> necessary.
>
> Ian
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