Sounds like a case of multiple dev teams. Anyone ever check out the Nintendo site that loaded in three or four libraries? God awful code... :(
On Mar 23, 2:03 pm, nwhite <[email protected]> wrote: > yeah the site is over engineered. Lets throw this in... and that... and a > little bit of this... > > you end up with a 50 ton Juggernaut > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:55 PM, electronbender > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Spoke too soon, they are... > > > On Mar 23, 6:53 pm, electronbender <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's interesting that they are not using AJAX.NET or Silverlight:) > > > > On Mar 23, 6:14 am, nwhite <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Finally, a big player using mootools. However, probably still not that > > > > > > widely as necessary to compete with other frameworks.. yet. > > > > > I think there is a general misconception with the popularity of > > frameworks > > > > and they way they compete. All frameworks will allow you to accomplish > > any > > > > task. None of them replace the need of being skilled in javascript. > > Mootools > > > > is not the easiest framework to pickup because of the required > > understanding > > > > of programming paradigms to really leverage its full power. Since the > > level > > > > of entry is a bit higher for Mootools over other frameworks I don't > > believe > > > > Mootools will every be as popular as others that aim more at designers > > then > > > > programmers. While Mootools is great for enhancing pages its true power > > > > shines in larger projects because of the promotion of code reuse. > > > > > Where this particular link is significant is not that a big player is > > using > > > > it but that Microsoft is. Microsoft publicly endorsed and supports > > JQuery in > > > > some of its products. This link is on a product page for Expressions > > > > promoting Silverlight. The significance is the use of Mootools even > > when > > > > promoting their own web technologies. Not that I look at Microsoft for > > > > innovation or inspiration ;-) > > > > > I think this is an exciting time to be using mootools. The future is > > bright.
