Hahaha Will pure comedy gold, thanks for making my day ;)
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:37:26 -0700, Will Hartung <redro...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Stripes-users mailing list > Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
