The map example is always the gray area, and I'll admit that it does make some amount of sense (however, somehow desktop map applications seem to pull it off without a back button). Other than maps, though, are there any other examples?
A major challenge of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax)-driven Web sites is the lack of a Back button
So says you. I say: if it makes sense for a user to hit your back button, why are you using Ajax? Do users hit their back button when they're using native desktop applications? Sounds to me like you're just to ajax-ify a traditional web application for the heluvit.
I'm not stretching anything. The context of this discussion is video games...
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And saying the game will then be over in 10 minutes? Hey, here's an idea: MORE CONTENT!!
You are obviously not a game developer. Content is worthless without accomplishment.
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I GUARANTEE the answer will be "much more than when i was working 40-60 hours a week".
I didn't say anything about being overworked. I'm talking about the effect that doing no work has on someone. If you accomplish nothing, you will absolutely not feel happy and fulfilled. Humans (and animals in general) are wired to work. Even people with so much money that they would never need to work a day in their lives still involve themselves in projects.
Fulfillment does not come from lack of work. It comes from the degree to which one can choose his work.
If you don't accomplish anything, there's a very high chance you will fall into deep depression. One of the first things people being treated for depression are told is to involve themselves in things; i.e., do work. And that has nothing to do with money. Fulfillment can't be subsidized.
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Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I think this is rubbish. Work is a four-letter word (especially around here), but the truth is that people don't enjoy things they don't have to work at. Entertainment is no exception. Even movies... anyone who truly enjoys movies would hate a movie that didn't require at least a little bit of thought. I personally don't enjoy a movie unless I have to see it a couple times in order to catch everything (you know, like Enough and Break Up).
Take the work out of games, and all you have is 10 minutes of running from start to finish. How's that supposed to stroke anyone's ego?
The only thing "new" about it is that Allchin seems to like telling the story over and over, year after year. And it keeps getting publishes as if its a new story.
Complaining about a dupe story on Slashdot? Talk about nothing new!
JS as a language isn't so primitive as to require a Java or C++ compiler to write good and clean code for it.
It's not about how primitive JS is; it's about people wanting to write object-oriented code. Object orientation in JavaScript leaves a lot to be desired. For proof: I suggest you take a look at 99.9% of JavaScript libraries, which extend the JavaScript language to make it seem more OO.
Hey, I just came up with my list of the top 1 things never to say to a politician you're trying to influence (or even read the remainder of your letter), and I thought I'd pass it along to you for future reference:
You never said what kind of class this is. Are you teaching CS students or MIS students? Or business students taking a few programming classes as a submajor? It matters...
However well-intentioned SOX is/was, if this trend continues, we don't get the SOX purported benefits, and we lose the economic benefits of these companies on US soil.
Really, though, who could have forseen that increasing the cost of doing business would push companies to find a cheaper location to run their business?
My comment is premature. It is taking a long time to grasp fully what GWT is and what it can do. I was basing my evaluation only on the modules available. I assume more modules will be forthcoming, but for now YUI wins on that front.
But, the point is that they might not be as comparable as I originally thought. Mea culpa.
This impressive framework promises to make AJAX available to the masses and is one more step towards Google becoming the de facto Internet platform provider."
Erm, actually they're playing catch up. From what I can tell, GWT is rather inferior to YUI.
I'm sick all of our politicians being in the pockets of the Web-1.0-inistas. Our children are already behind in Math and Science and now you want them to be unfamiliar with the Web 2.0 and 2.1 revolutions?
I refuse to let our politicians control us by keeping us ignorant (of Web 2.0 uberinnovation).
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The map example is always the gray area, and I'll admit that it does make some amount of sense (however, somehow desktop map applications seem to pull it off without a back button). Other than maps, though, are there any other examples?
A major challenge of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax)-driven Web sites is the lack of a Back button
So says you. I say: if it makes sense for a user to hit your back button, why are you using Ajax? Do users hit their back button when they're using native desktop applications? Sounds to me like you're just to ajax-ify a traditional web application for the heluvit.
Not everyone likes beer. The percentage is higher with college females. Why didn't they ask 'alcohol' instead of 'beer'?
I'm not stretching anything. The context of this discussion is video games...
And saying the game will then be over in 10 minutes? Hey, here's an idea: MORE CONTENT!!
You are obviously not a game developer. Content is worthless without accomplishment.
I GUARANTEE the answer will be "much more than when i was working 40-60 hours a week".
I didn't say anything about being overworked. I'm talking about the effect that doing no work has on someone. If you accomplish nothing, you will absolutely not feel happy and fulfilled. Humans (and animals in general) are wired to work. Even people with so much money that they would never need to work a day in their lives still involve themselves in projects.
Fulfillment does not come from lack of work. It comes from the degree to which one can choose his work.
If you don't accomplish anything, there's a very high chance you will fall into deep depression. One of the first things people being treated for depression are told is to involve themselves in things; i.e., do work. And that has nothing to do with money. Fulfillment can't be subsidized.
Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I think this is rubbish. Work is a four-letter word (especially around here), but the truth is that people don't enjoy things they don't have to work at. Entertainment is no exception. Even movies... anyone who truly enjoys movies would hate a movie that didn't require at least a little bit of thought. I personally don't enjoy a movie unless I have to see it a couple times in order to catch everything (you know, like Enough and Break Up).
Take the work out of games, and all you have is 10 minutes of running from start to finish. How's that supposed to stroke anyone's ego?
The only thing "new" about it is that Allchin seems to like telling the story over and over, year after year. And it keeps getting publishes as if its a new story.
Complaining about a dupe story on Slashdot? Talk about nothing new!
JS as a language isn't so primitive as to require a Java or C++ compiler to write good and clean code for it.
It's not about how primitive JS is; it's about people wanting to write object-oriented code. Object orientation in JavaScript leaves a lot to be desired. For proof: I suggest you take a look at 99.9% of JavaScript libraries, which extend the JavaScript language to make it seem more OO.
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Hey, I just came up with my list of the top 1 things never to say to a politician you're trying to influence (or even read the remainder of your letter), and I thought I'd pass it along to you for future reference:
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You never said what kind of class this is. Are you teaching CS students or MIS students? Or business students taking a few programming classes as a submajor? It matters...
However well-intentioned SOX is/was, if this trend continues, we don't get the SOX purported benefits, and we lose the economic benefits of these companies on US soil.
Really, though, who could have forseen that increasing the cost of doing business would push companies to find a cheaper location to run their business?
I run a stripped down version of Knoppix on the mercury filling in my molar.
My comment is premature. It is taking a long time to grasp fully what GWT is and what it can do. I was basing my evaluation only on the modules available. I assume more modules will be forthcoming, but for now YUI wins on that front. But, the point is that they might not be as comparable as I originally thought. Mea culpa.
This impressive framework promises to make AJAX available to the masses and is one more step towards Google becoming the de facto Internet platform provider."
Erm, actually they're playing catch up. From what I can tell, GWT is rather inferior to YUI.
I'm sick all of our politicians being in the pockets of the Web-1.0-inistas. Our children are already behind in Math and Science and now you want them to be unfamiliar with the Web 2.0 and 2.1 revolutions?
I refuse to let our politicians control us by keeping us ignorant (of Web 2.0 uberinnovation).
I'm happy to see that /. wishes to add as many unecessary rounded corners as possible, presumably to become Web 2.0 compliant.
If you cure cancer, you get laid.
Can't I just wear a ribbon or something?
In my experience, in the post-Google world, the best way to combat bad information is with VOLUMES and VOLUMES of good information.
You must be new here.
I didn't even realize I had a sig, as I have them disabled (no pun intended).
As someone without a working soul, I have felt very accommodated by Microsoft's team.
Sure, if you want to keep promoting non-standard garbage. Please try to use the cross-browser, standards-compliant, Web 2.0 version of the blink tag in the future.