Posted by Stan McCann on 01/22/06 11:39

David Segall <david@nowhere.net> wrote in
news:jj9pu155m4mk1scucjee84tkg9s38u3plv@4ax.com:

> Stan McCann <me@stanmccann.us> wrote:

>>Client side scripting is, and has always been a bad idea. If it
>>were more limited on what it could do on someone elses computer, ok,
>>but I don't want my window resized, I don't want you to take away
>>all the buttons on the window that I am familiar with and know how
>>to use so that you can put some buttons in place that I don't know
>>how to use.
>>
>>Javascript is always off until I know what a page author wants to do
>>with it (IF I bother to look or care).
> Casual users do not need a rich client and there is usually no
> justification in complicating a web application for them. However,
> for sovereign applications the usual web interface is worse than
> useless. Imagine spending all day using a spreadsheet program that
> required a "Submit" every time you wanted to see your changes. Ajax
> is just the current fashion in the attempt to merge the advantages
> of web based applications with the features of desktop ones.

The web is not an application. Nor do I want it to be as explained
above. Do you really want every crappy programmer in the world running
their crappy programs on your computer? I don't. I visit web pages
for information and that doesn't usually have the need for instant
feedback as with a desktop application that I have read about to know
that it is relatively safe and I know what it is going to do before it
does it.

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