I've recently changed to FF as my target platform ( I build intranet webapps so i don't care about browser compatibility as long as I choose the right browser ) only to find out that the html elements in it are even uglier and stiffer to design .
Considering that the trend nowdays seems to be , moving all form driven apps to the Web , I find it hilarious that the W3C , FF guys and even Microsoft have been unable to provide us with proper and easy functionality to customize form elements . Ironically you can make an input box and a button look good , but then u're out of luck when trying to fit checkboxes and selects into the theme . I personally think that AJAX is another enabling technology for this . While some might look at it , as a way to save on pipe space and improove user experience , I see it a step further in allowing web apps to be built as easy as swing apps in a very component oriented way , where you should never worry about the js , or the css or the html that goes into your component ( the tacos tree is a good example of course ) . Ideally you just say : I want this component , I want it to appear here , and i want it to use this datasource ... ( thanks tacos again for taking positive steps towards this approach ) . Now with all that said , It would make sense to have a way of customizing the look of Form elements , because if not , we're still stuck with stock looks , and sort of unable of making a form look good . Anywais , during my ramblings about this , someone on the Dojo ml pointed out to me the existance of this set of components : http://www.badboy.ro/articles/2005-07-23/index.php . Allthough i''ve had no time to try them out , they look interesting . Where i'm going with this is ... I think Tacos should integrate this or have something similar , to allow more flexibility for the web developers . I have no time at all for them untill early next year as I've got some deadlines , but once i'm over those i'll be looking to integrate this code onto a personal library of reusable tapestry components . Should we talk to the guy and ask for permision to integrate this into tacos ? Or would you guys ever consider integrating something similar ? It looks like Dojo has nothing of the sort , but i think it should . It would be great if you could then do something like : <span jwcid="myCheckbox" stylesheet="myCheckboxStyle.css"/> and get a tapestry or tacos form element that does not look stockish and with bad style . What do you think ? Or will you also end up contradiccting me and saying that ultimatelly web forms should be ugly because W3C hasn't gotten arround to it yet . :) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Tacos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tacos-devel
