Comment Get over it (Score 1) 510
Can you bookmark in appliations? Hit the back button?
As a developer of internal corporate web applications, I've been using javascript and xml for years to create rich environments. My only complaint is that the browser does not go far enough in creating a powerful application layer. I would prefer to be able to completely disable the history on pages without using javascript hacks so that back took you completely out of the application and back to the previous web site. I'd like editable dropdown lists and other common widgets without using javascript hacks.
The browsers page based model is outdated, and the increase in support for ajax and other new frameworks is only a good thing for the web. Hopefully new browsers, or even a whole new class of browsers will overcome the limitations of the current generation. Only then will the browser begin to replace local applications in mass.
As a developer of internal corporate web applications, I've been using javascript and xml for years to create rich environments. My only complaint is that the browser does not go far enough in creating a powerful application layer. I would prefer to be able to completely disable the history on pages without using javascript hacks so that back took you completely out of the application and back to the previous web site. I'd like editable dropdown lists and other common widgets without using javascript hacks.
The browsers page based model is outdated, and the increase in support for ajax and other new frameworks is only a good thing for the web. Hopefully new browsers, or even a whole new class of browsers will overcome the limitations of the current generation. Only then will the browser begin to replace local applications in mass.
