I agree that this is a poor solution to a problem that should really be solved on the client. I am currently investigating the use of a queue to serialize effects around the replacement.
http://wiki.script.aculo.us/scriptaculous/show/EffectQueues http://wiki.script.aculo.us/scriptaculous/show/EffectQueues -MT igor.vaynberg wrote: > > the big problem being that you pause the server thread. now instead of > 70ms > it takes what? 3000ms? all because of javascript effects? it makes it easy > for someone to ddos your site, or at the least lower your throughput > significantly. > > this is a bad solution. the blocking needs to happen on the client side. i > am no javascript guru either, but i would try to find a client side > solution. > > -igor > > > On 11/15/06, cygnusx2112 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Thanks for the clarification Igor. I ended up achieving the desired >> affect >> by >> using an AjaxCallDecarator in combination with a server side pause. >> Basically I was trying to do the following: >> >> 1) Run animation effect on element >> 2) Use Ajax request to replace element >> 3) Run another animation effect on the element >> >> As you noticed, I needed a way to block so that #2 and #3 would not step >> on >> #1. As a non-Javascript guru I was unable to find a way to block the >> Javascript "thread" without some kind of CPU beating hack loop. However, >> the >> solution I am using seems to work well. >> >> In my efforts to accomplish this I have built some pretty interesting >> subclasses of AjaxEventBehavior that might be worth contributing. They >> basically allow you to cleanly add pre/post visual effects to components >> around an Ajax event. >> >> Regards, >> >> -MT >> >> >> >> >> igor.vaynberg wrote: >> > >> > >> > ....the effect is clearly executed asynchronously from the rest of the >> > javascript "thread" so you need to find a way to block until the effect >> is >> > complete. >> > >> > -igor >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Using-Javascript-Effects-Before-An-Ajax-Call-tf2632663.html#a7359716 >> Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share >> your >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> _______________________________________________ >> Wicket-user mailing list >> Wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Wicket-user mailing list > Wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Using-Javascript-Effects-Before-An-Ajax-Call-tf2632663.html#a7360638 Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Wicket-user mailing list Wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user
