On Aug 16, 4:13 pm, Pops [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ive seen this term referred to a few times, especially here:
http://simonwillison.net/2007/Aug/15/jquery/
What does Unobtrusive Javascript mean?
Hi, Pops!
google: what does unobtrusive javascript mean?
Hey, Pops -
I'm actually getting ready to do a presentation on this - Unobtrusive
Javascript and CSS. See, when a page is designed through MS-Word, for
example, the CSS styles are embedded directly in the page (usually,
directly in the element itself). This works, but it's ugly and not
What does Unobtrusive Javascript mean?
I won't be the only one who answers this, I'm sure, but I'll try and
explain it as best I can.
As you'll probably be aware, a lot of users, due to personal preference,
or firewall or proxy restrictions, browse the web without JavaScript,
meaning
Ive seen this term referred to a few times, especially here:
http://simonwillison.net/2007/Aug/15/jquery/
What does Unobtrusive Javascript mean?
Since you've already gotten some good description, I'll keep this short and
show an example of the behavior from a popular site.
The idea of
Oy Vey!
First, thanks to all of you guys. Excellent Feedback. I love this
jQuery group. I haven't had this much fun in months! g
But I have a peeve, you see, this is what I hate about you Young
Punks. g
Reinventing things!! You know what this is called?
- Modulization!
- Consolidation!
Another thought would be to embrace and use the terms that are popular
today. Names change, even when the ideas remain the same. You can't
fight that. This is nothing unique to software engineering, it's just
human nature. I can't tell you how many times my parents have said to
me, In my day,
same here :-) Forgive me for gong off-topic here, but I thought I'd
type up a few examples that immediately come to mind: valise,
satchel, davenport, icebox. Does anyone under the age of 60 use any
of these words?
I only use the word Davenport when referring to Pittsburgh Steelers backup
Another thought would be to embrace and use the terms that are popular
today. Names change, even when the ideas remain the same. You can't
fight that. This is nothing unique to software engineering, it's just
human nature. I can't tell you how many times my parents have said to
me, In my day,
Word! I feel ya and I agree with you. :-)
But unobstructive javascript? Why would anyone assume that software
designs are naturally obstructive in the first place? I'm not
debating the term, I am debating the idea that writing clean
modulize, consolidated code is a new idea a new awakening
From: Pops
Ive seen this term referred to a few times, especially here:
http://simonwillison.net/2007/Aug/15/jquery/
What does Unobtrusive Javascript mean?
I'm going to disagree slightly with some of the earlier replies. I think
progressive enhancement and unobtrusive JavaScript are
I'm going to disagree slightly with some of the earlier replies. I think
progressive enhancement and unobtrusive JavaScript are two different
things, and they seem to be getting lumped together to some degree.
And this is why new terms crop up--to describe very specific techniques.
Unobtrusive
On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 05:49:47PM -, Pops wrote:
Word! I feel ya and I agree with you. :-)
But unobstructive javascript? Why would anyone assume that software
designs are naturally obstructive in the first place?
Perhaps you should read more closely.
unobtrusive != unobstructive
I would agree with Michael Geary. My understanding of Unobtrusive
Javascript is keeping a clean separation of content, presentation and
behaviours.
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/articles/gbs/
Progressive Enhancement vs. Graceful Degradation
The concepts of graceful degradation and progressive enhancement are
often applied to describe browser support strategies. Indeed, they are
closely related approaches to the engineering of fault
Howa,
Thank for the information.I like this graded support chart in this
article. Good example of someone applying software engineering
principles to Web development.
I guess the good thing is that the industry is maturing. Inevitably
there will be efforts to consolidate, to provide
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