On 2/26/07 6:28 PM, "csnyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/26/07, Cliff Hirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I'm seeing more and more applications that simply do not work if JavaScript >> is turned off. In fact, I'm looking at purchasing a slick shopping cart that >> seems great, but I think the lack of progressive fallback is a show stopper. > > I'm a big fan of the "unobtrusive" approach, where you build > interfaces in Plain Old HTML + CSS and then use wicked DOM mojo to > convert them into rich applications on the client. If Javascript isn't > available, everything still works but with a lot more clicking. > > As an example, to add an inline audio player on a page, I'll send this > to the browser: > > <a href="/path/to/some.mp3" class="audioplayer">Click here to play the > audio</a> > > A window.onload event calls a javascript method that gets all <a> > elements with class="audioplayer", and replaces them with a > flash-based audio player, using the href attribute as the source of > the audio. > > Without javascript and flash, you get a dumb link. With those evil > twins, you get a rich multimedia experience. As a bonus, the dumb link > is (in theory) accessible to screen readers, which seems especially > important for this particular example.
So far...a great discussion. See, I knew nobody had a strong opinion. In theory, I am a fan of the progressive enhancement strategy. Reality is what bits. Example: Do I buy X-Cart and add "Web 2.0" enhancements. Or do I buy CS-Cart, a "next-genish" X-Cart, and make fallback work. It's never simple. BTW, DOM mojo? Yet another framework? I've heard of moca, but mojo? Must be a New York thing. "Wicked"? I though only us Bostonians said that. PSBTW -- for Chris, I have added my comment at the bottom! _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
