AJAX and IE7? 72
Moochfish asks: "Recently, my company took a brief look at AJAX to see if it was worth implementing on a few of our administrative pages to speed up certain tasks. I had created a demo that made an interesting use of live edit fields that showed some promise. However, after a little debate on the issue, we ultimately decided to skip AJAX implementations anywhere in our codebase due to concerns about things breaking when IE7 comes out. I haven't personally tried IE7, but I completely understand and mirror the concern. For you testers of IE7, does it successfully render current, non-ASP AJAX enabled sites without errors? And finally, does IE7 introduce any new functionality that may enhance the current capabilities of AJAX?"
"Many of the AJAX libraries out there have tons of duplicate functionality to handle cross-browser support. Recalling Microsoft's history of IE quirks, it seems likely that the new IE7 will have its own set of problems with regards to JS implementation. With the AJAX craze only growing, how are other developers and IT departments addressing this problem? Is this even a valid concern? While this is probably not an issue with ASP developers - especially with the release of Atlas - is this an issue for sites that use non-MS technologies?"
Re:Firefox (Score:4, Funny)
How DARE anyone think of innovating without Microsoft!?!
How DARE anyone think of doing anything with a computer that isn't the One Microsoft Way!?!
(That's sarcasm, for the impaired. Ordinarily I wouldn't think it necessary, but this IS Slashdot.)
Re:Firefox (Score:3, Funny)
If they're going to wait for IE7 to come out of beta "just in case", by the same reasoning they should also wait for Vista to come out of beta.
Seeing as Longhorn/Vista was originally supposed to be out in 2003, oops, 2004, sorry 2005, for sure 2006, now definitely Januar 2007, the question is "Which will be out first - Vista or Bush?"
Re:Take it from someone who knows... (Score:2, Funny)