I think that was my point. From my (limited) experience with this, I found that jquery fixed most of my cross-browser issues on these sorts of things, much better than I could have. I can't imagine having to write the javascript all by hand nowadays, and having any chance of cross-browser success.
Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heinrich Breedt Sent: Thursday, 19 July 2012 9:33 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect really curious to hear what browser compatibilty issues you are referring to with regards to javascript and/or jquery. I write js and jquery a lot. The server is exclusively to get/save/update data. webpage handles all html layout interactions etc with js, jquery. Even back in the day when I wrote webforms I used jquery a lot. Intelisense these days is really great. I honestly find it hard to even think of producing websites without client side scripting. The maintenance issues of doing everything serverside must be a nightmare. Case in point: producing a modal dialog effect - trivial with jquery ui , seems like a nightmare with the all server side approach On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: >Are you writing the javascript directly or using jquery? Sorry for the late reply, yes I occasionally code JavaScript by hand when I need it. I have never found a suitable tool that helps me write reliable cross-browser friendly JavaScript. Although I haven't looked very hard due to my natural aversion to the horrors of client scripting. If there are people in here who actually like writing JavaScript by one means or another, then I'm curious to hear what tools or techniques they use. Are there people who can knock-up or generate reliable JavaScript with the ease that I write C# code in the IDE? I get depressed because I actually admire the JavaScript language a lot, but I can never get to use it in anger because of frustrating issues about how it's hosted, browser compatibility issues, tool support, intellisense, etc. I'm happy to study something like jQuery if people think it's a valuable investment of my time. Greg -- Heinrich Breedt "Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." - William B. Sprague
