On Oct 20, 1:03 pm, dougx <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the idea of a backend that can dynamically scale functionality > from server side rendering to client side rendering based on the > computing device, but I wonder if its the correct approach. > > Given that it's much easier to write back-end systems that deliver > static HTML that work on all browsers than to write rich frontend > systems that are dynamic and interactive, surely choosing this path > dooms the gwt front end to a dubious future where open source > contributors work on the easier server side rendering code, make it > look great, and the js frontend lags in functionality and is > eventually dropped. > > Then, on top of that look at the front ends people have already made > using the data api; basically server side rendered apps. > > I know there's a goal to make WIAB a generic product that runs on > everything and so on, and things like the WebSocket support make IE > support a real hassle, but................ why not just make the data > api top notch and leave people to write other front ends for it using > that, and focus of delivering a wave.google.com like experience in > WIAB?
The Undercurrent design is not intended to diminish the richness of behaviour in a web client. It's more about expressing that same rich behaviour in a style that can leverage the superior processing capabilities of servers, in order to deliver a more responsive UI. One of the goals was that writing a feature in Undercurrent's style would be no harder than writing it in a typical GWT style; that is, the design is there to enable things (server-side rendering and staged delivery of code), rather than restricting capabilities. For core editing features, the Undercurrent wave panel's rich interactive behaviour is equivalent (but faster) than the Google Wave panel, and more features are coming. Stay tuned. -David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Wave Protocol" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wave-protocol?hl=en.
