12 Jun
2008
12 Jun
'08
3:32 p.m.
On Jun 12, 2008, at 3:24 PM, ancapaula.luca(a)xwiki.com wrote:
[snip]
I'd say that what GWT gives us is not
scalable all the time. I'll
look for
alternatives GWT libraries for both dialog boxes and drag&drop logic.
But, you don't have something against using dialog boxes? I know
Anca has.
I only have something against dialogs when they're used everywhere
as a
rule, including places that have no modal semantic: like choosing the
color of the text. Honestly, I don't see any reason at all why this
have
to be a dialog.
Right. A drop down box should be enough for this.
As for other situations (like adding an image to the
document), indeed, a dialog seems like the most natural choice...
I should mention that when I think about dialogs in a RIA I think
about
modal dialogs. Non-modals cause a lot of mess in desktop apps
already, I
don't even want to imagine what they could do in a web app.
I'm no HCI expert, I think we some opinions from people that know /
have
seen more of it would help a lot.
pretty interesting reading about dialogs and gwt versions:
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit/browse_thread/thread/8fd3…
They reverted it apparently.
-Vincent