>> Can I specify a custom view without having to edit the >> django framework, or am I going to have to do this? > > I really like the idea of layering any ajaxy behavior on > simple XHTML. There is some name for this, "graceful > degradation" or something (which, in one sense, is a great > oxymoron, and vaguely topical--perhaps the best we can hope > for?)
I've seen this commonly referred to as "HIJAX" (everybody loves a buzz-word. A quick web-search for the term should turn up a variety of hits)...the addition of AJAX-y behavior on top of fully-functional non-AJAX pages. All JS functionality is assigned at page-load time, rather than being hard-coded into the onclick or href="javascript:foo()". It provides for graceful degredation because it's been "progressively enhanced". This allows matters to work from, say, Lynx with no problems, but you may get bombarded by loads of form elements (that would otherwise be hidden/shown dynamically), or might require round-tripping to the server to update the state of the page when it could otherwise been done in an AJAX-y way. If AJAX-y behavior was to be added to Django, I would love to see it adhere to such principles so that console-browsing, accessibility, etc are all maintained as they are now. -tkc --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
