correct usage of Ajax and forms ?
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I've got a simple, small mostly read-only web site to
do. As one clicks around the pages nearly everything (header, menu, footer, etc.) would stay constant apart from the central content text/xhtml. The question is: Would it make sense to implement this as one page where the menu is a form rather than links, and the central content is an AJAX enabled form output field ? It seems this could offer a smooth and quick movement around the site, but the idea of doing navigation on a form feels somehow wrong to me. Am I being too emotional ? Any Opinions ? John C. ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws |
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Doing navigation that way IS somehow wrong. It's dangerous to do site
navigation through Ajax. There's nothing technically difficult with it, but doing Ajax navigation means that the site acts differently than users expect, so you have to be careful with what you do. The problems all revolve around the fact that the URL for every page would be the same. This means that 1) the browser's Back button would not work, and 2) there would be no way for anyone to bookmark any individual page within your site. Site visitors expect these things to work, and when they don't, they can get frustrated. I love the idea of using Ajax for anything that you can, but this is one place where you'd be better off without it. -Thomas John Cobo wrote: >I've got a simple, small mostly read-only web site to >do. As one clicks around the pages nearly everything >(header, menu, footer, etc.) would stay constant apart >from the central content text/xhtml. > >The question is: Would it make sense to implement this >as one page where the menu is a form rather than >links, and the central content is an AJAX enabled form >output field ? > >It seems this could offer a smooth and quick movement >around the site, but the idea of doing navigation on a >form feels somehow wrong to me. Am I being too >emotional ? > >Any Opinions ? > >John C. > > > >___________________________________________________________ >How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday >snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >-- >You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. >To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] >For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help >ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws > > -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws |
Re: correct usage of Ajax and forms ?
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Thomas,
I agree, I think all-Ajax web site navigation is not a great idea in general. Flash-based web sites usually make the same mistake. Now there are some cases where I think it has value: o Prototyping, if you happen to be more efficient by writing your application this way. o Wizards, which in 99% of the cases do not allow bookmarking (you would break the back button though). Note that the BizDoc NG example application uses an xforms:switch to show the two different parts of a form entry page. In this case, I am a little split, as it is clearly much more convenient to implement this page this way. -Erik Barandis Alarion wrote: > Doing navigation that way IS somehow wrong. It's dangerous to do site > navigation through Ajax. There's nothing technically difficult with it, > but doing Ajax navigation means that the site acts differently than > users expect, so you have to be careful with what you do. > > The problems all revolve around the fact that the URL for every page > would be the same. This means that 1) the browser's Back button would > not work, and 2) there would be no way for anyone to bookmark any > individual page within your site. Site visitors expect these things to > work, and when they don't, they can get frustrated. > > I love the idea of using Ajax for anything that you can, but this is one > place where you'd be better off without it. > > -Thomas > > > John Cobo wrote: > >> I've got a simple, small mostly read-only web site to >> do. As one clicks around the pages nearly everything >> (header, menu, footer, etc.) would stay constant apart >> from the central content text/xhtml. >> >> The question is: Would it make sense to implement this >> as one page where the menu is a form rather than >> links, and the central content is an AJAX enabled form >> output field ? >> >> It seems this could offer a smooth and quick movement >> around the site, but the idea of doing navigation on a >> form feels somehow wrong to me. Am I being too >> emotional ? >> >> Any Opinions ? >> >> John C. >> >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________ How much >> free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with >> Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> -- >> You receive this message as a subscriber of the >> [hidden email] mailing list. >> To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] >> For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help >> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. > To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] > For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help > ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws |
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