[FX.php List] Ajax/LAJAX's JavaScript requirements

[Dale Bengston]

Hi Bob,

Here's where I started...

http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/xmlhttpreq.html

There is a pretty good description of the basic technique and some  
bare-bones sample code.

Dale

On Oct 18, 2006, at 9:45 PM, Bob Patin wrote:

> Hey Dale,
>
> Where would you suggest I start in learning AJAX? I'd like to get  
> started with it myself...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Patin
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> On Oct 18, 2006, at 4:42 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>
>> I am using AJAX extensively in production; it is a major component  
>> of my development at this time. AJAX is a great tool. There are  
>> some things I will never go back to doing with form submits. And  
>> it's wicked fast - even with FM6.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> On Oct 18, 2006, at 4:19 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I've just been playing w/ LAJAX and it's very cool, but I'm  
>>> wondering how practical it is to use in a real site because of  
>>> its JavaScript requirements (this would be for anything using  
>>> Ajax).  I doubt many people these days disable JavaScript on  
>>> their browser, but because it's a possibility, it seems you'd  
>>> need to test for it first and then provide other options for when  
>>> JS is disabled (or provide instructions for the user to enable  
>>> it).  Also, I notice that LAJAX requires JavaScript 1.2, but that  
>>> seems likely a non-issue since that came out in 1997 (or is it?).
>>>
>>> How are people dealing with this?  Anyone using it in production?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Joel
>>>
>>>
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