On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 04:53:50PM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> David Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > You were clear; I'm asking a slightly different question.
>
> Ok
>
> > I am not convinced that keeping clients up to date is necessary. I am
> > thinking of a paradigm just like a
David Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You were clear; I'm asking a slightly different question.
Ok
> I am not convinced that keeping clients up to date is necessary. I am
> thinking of a paradigm just like a web interface to the engine, and you
> get new data by hitting refresh. If yo
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 04:25:53PM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> David Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Tell me why asynchronous calls are needed? Indeed, tell me why
> > callbacks are needed at all. What's so wrong with the client blocking
> > on a server call? If the call takes long eno
David Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tell me why asynchronous calls are needed? Indeed, tell me why
> callbacks are needed at all. What's so wrong with the client blocking
> on a server call? If the call takes long enough for the user to notice
> the blocking, it is a bug. K.I.S.S.
There
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 03:51:33PM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi. Happy New Year.
Happy New Year!
Tell me why asynchronous calls are needed? Indeed, tell me why
callbacks are needed at all. What's so wrong with the client blocking
on a server call? If the call takes long enough for the user t
Hi. Happy New Year.
[ Note: This is probably a bit rambling, as I've got a lot floating
around in my head and I wanted to get it down in text. If, after
reading through this a few times you are still confused, please let me
know and I'll try to explain what I mean. -derek ]
As I've alluded to
