Hi Thomas,

On 9/7/06, Thomas Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Am 07.09.2006 um 20:05 schrieb Peter Michaux:
> > . I wouldn't want to use
> > Scriptaculous though. I don't like it much or Prototype.js because
> > they have maintainance headaches and are very buggy.
>
> That sounds like spreading ye good ol' FUD.

It isn't FUD and I think that term is overused now as a blanket way of
dismissing critisicm.


> How about sharing the headaches and we'll look into it?


I think that prototype.js and scriptaculous have lots of good ideas
and information in them. They are also good because they move forward
into cool new features quickly. I use them as a reference to find some
tricky spots with browser incompatibiliies.

The heavy use of navigator.userAgent is my biggest concern with
maintainance problems. I avoid navigator.userAgent like the plague.
Using it usually means revisting code over and over again as different
browsers spoof as other browsers.

> How about sharing the headaches and we'll look into it?

I believe 100% that is true for you. You are involved and friendly.
But prototype.js is developed in a very secretive way and I don't know
if Sam every even looks at trac. I don't trust the code in
prototype.js and that is based on experience using it and reading it.
It is fine if others want to use it but it just isn't for me which is
all I said in the previous email. If tickets to prototype.js were
acted upon I would likely have sent in more. However they are not and
I've decided to leave prototype even for my Rails app development.

Peter

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