On 12/21/05, Alexandre Poitras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think bookmarks are a bad idea in web applications even when not built > with Ajax. After all, an application is stateful and need a *state* to run. > Bookmarks in my mind are made for informational sites wich are staless and > not applications. Do you expect to be able to return in a precise windows in > a desktop application like Open Office for exemple?
In my opinion, this type of reasoning is flawed. You should not limit applications in one platform only to what another platform provides. This is like saying colored TV programs should not worry about how the colors look because radio programs don't even provide images. They are different mediums, different platforms, with different characteristics. Each will have different capabilities, and being able to go to a specific page is a basic an ability of web applications. Besides, I may not expect to launch Open Office in a precise dialog box, but if I know I want to open a specific document in open office, I want the ability to double click on that document and have it open right away. I don't want to go through several windows and dialog boxes to search for something I already have in my sight. Just because you're using a framework that makes it harder to support what should be basic functionality provided by the environment you're in, doesn't make supporting it a bad idea. Earlier Struts versions made it hard to do redirects with parameters. The solution is not to spread a gospel that said "redirects with parameters are bad", the solution is to provide support for it in the framework. Hubert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
