:-D Much appreciated, I think I got your point! :-)
I will use plain URL parameters now, I guess, so the links will look like href="/context/Page2.action?caller=Page1.action%253Fparam1%253Dvalue1" This way I won't have to bother with different tabs, back button etc. Pascal Will Hartung schrieb: > On Apr 16, 2010, at 7:27 AM, Pascal wrote: > >> If I stored the Stack in the Session directly, I would need to copy most >> of the FlashScope functionality, especially adding a parameter that >> identifies each window (when the user has several tabs open with the >> application) and removing stale Stacks after some timeout, which I'd >> like to avoid. > > FlashScope is one of those things that was dipped straight out of the river > Styx. It's only use is to take you and your app straight to Hell. > > My favorite aspect of FlashScope is using it to render a page and then, being > twisted that way, hitting the Refresh button and watching my page fall > completely apart because whatever was in FlashScope before to make it pretty > and informative, most certainly isn't now. > > FlashScope is just awful. > > I appreciate it's occasional usefulness. You know, like just having coffee > with Faust rather than signing any of his papers. But most certainly don't > use it for anything important. > > Combining FlashScope with running a webapp from several, simultaneous tabs > within a single browser, and somehow expecting each page to maintain their > own private little personal conversation with the backend automagically, and > having them not get mixed up -- well, that's, frankly, just utter madness. > You may as well shave your head now and get it over with. Though I would > suggest some nice gloves to prevent scarring when you start to dig furrows in > to you skull trying to get this to work. > > The lifespan of FlashScope is just that -- instant, in a flash. Like the > glimpse of that girl just as she heads around the corner...but alas, she is > gone and her memory is already fleeting. If only you knew her name... You > simply can't rely on it for any length of time. Be grateful you got the > glimpse after the redirect. > > As for supporting a webapp in multiple tabs or windows...oh dear... > > That's where you hunt down the girl and find she has a twin. Then you find > that not only does she have a twin, it's an evil twin. Turns out they're both > evil and they play tricks on you. Lying about who they are. Saying, "No, I'm > Sally, SHE is Susan...can't you tell us apart"?? And, boy, you can just > imagine where that trail leads... > > It's quite easy for a browser to make duplicate copies of pages to wit your > app will not know the difference. You can try and make your own little > session cookie...on every form...and every url...cuz, you know, it's a lot of > fun. Then you have the browsers BACK button backing in to your application > like a drunken UPS driver. Your server state just becomes a nightmare to > manage -- with the potential of brown UPS paint smeared all over it, and you > know what that would look like... > > I would put serious consideration in to this overall application path and the > thinking, hopes and dreams behind it. FlashScope is the wrong tact, most > certainly, and while what you want to do can ALMOST be done > (almost...mostly...kinda), especially with a pure AJAX RIA app, if you choose > to follow this path, that Faust guy might have some papers for you to sign. > > Regards, > > Will Hartung > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Stripes-users mailing list Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users
