There are lots of issues besides just wanting this to happen. All
serious attempts so far have pretty much failed. Have you looked at
Flash, if this is your big interest? Flash ActionScript pretty much
does what you want. But, I don't think it is a good idea. I think
you have to keep some things serverside.
Jack
On 4/20/05, Erik Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Frank W. Zammetti wrote:
>
> >On Tue, April 19, 2005 10:47 am, Erik Weber said:
> >
> >
> >>I, with respect for the author, disagree with this entirely.
> >>
> >>I am people, and this is not what I expect or desire at all. As a user,
> >>I expect and desire 1) A fast download 2) my bookmarks to work/easy to
> >>remember URLs 3) an organized and well-thought-out left rail 4) a go
> >>home link at the top 5) a two-field registration 6) an encrypted log on
> >>7) content I can read in a text-only browser. None of these require any
> >>browser scripting at all.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >You describe a good web SITE, and I couldn't agree with your criteria
> >more! However, what you don't describe well is a web APPLICATION.
> >
> >Web APPLICATIONS are where the scripting is, generally, needed, and where
> >the UI tends to be more complex.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Well, you are right, but that's also my point. I think it's comical that
> here we are in 2005, and Web application developers are just now able to
> provide users with a way to launch an asynchronous task via a GUI
> control. And it's still hackish as far as I can tell (embedding
> "engines" in hidden frames? -- come on . . .). Wouldn't you rather use a
> real API to a real windowing/graphics library, not to mention a real
> threading API?
>
> final int threadPriority = MEDIUM_THREAD_PRIORITY;
> final int iterationYieldFrequency = 100;
> final int callbackFrequency = 25;
> final ProgressListener listener = getGUIUpdater();
> button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
> public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
> SwingWorker worker = new CustomSwingWorker("long time job",
> threadPriority) {
> public Object construct() {
> JobManager manager = new JobManager();
> int statusCode = manager.launchLongJob("foo job",
> iterationYieldFrequency, callbackFrequency, listener);
> return new Integer(statusCode);
> }
> public void finished() {
> updateGUI(statusCode.intValue());
> }
> };
> worker.start();
> }
> };
>
> I guess I'm in the wrong forum.
>
> :)
>
> Erik
>
>
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