On Tuesday 10 January 2006 11:25 pm, David Vallner wrote: > James Britt wrote: > > Steve Litt wrote: > >> Have you tried doing an ultra-simple ajax yet? Maybe the simplest > >> possible ajax program could work, and then you could increment from > >> there. > >> > >> I plan on doing a trivial Ajax program sometime this week, and I'll > >> let you know what I find out. > > > > AJAX tends to be fairly simple; the hard part is tasteful application. > > > > > > James > > I expect most of the application to be relatively simple callbacks to > pan webcams, or push announcements from the server side. Why I'm aiming > for a heavier AJAX setup is that besides a web client, the project also > includes one or several rich clients, and I'm hoping to at least share > basic design between those two instead of modelling the same interface > twice for two UI paradigms, and in the ideal case using some declarative > UI specifications and generating the interface from those. > > David Vallner Hi David, If you haven't already, you should sign up for the Rails list. Rails is a very broad subject, and a few days on that list gives you a broad overview. The Rails list is very enthusiastic and helpful. Here's the signup details: http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails I like being on the Ruby-Talk list for the Ruby language, and the Rails list for Rails. HTH SteveT Steve Litt http://www.troubleshooters.com slitt / troubleshooters.com