On Jun 12, 2008, at 3:24 PM, [email protected] 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/8fd33...
They reverted it apparently. -Vincent