On Tuesday 06 September 2005 11:51 am, Jose A. Reyero wrote:
It's like having core providing both alternatives, but never enforcing javascript. While I agree some ajax support needs to be in core, I don't like having it as a mandatory default. So, what I mean, I.e. , is:
theme('ajax_table'... ) with ajax stuff
and
theme('table',....) free of javascript, just old plain good HTML, well tested stuff :-)
Then, individual themes can use whatever they like. I actually don't mind which is the default theme - maybe full enabled AJAX could be better to impress new users :-), as long as I can have one in plain HTML
I grant that I don't know how the new forms api works so I don't know what impact that will have, but isn't theme() called from module code? In that case, wouldn't it be the module developer that is deciding whether or not to Ajax-ify a given block? Module developer != theme developer != site admin != user. I agree that Ajax should not be forced upon the user, but surely it can be done in a cleaner way than that. There *are* ways to make Ajax degrade gracefully; just don't activate it until you've confirmed that the browser has all the features required for a given bit of functionality. (Note: If you're using the onclick, onmouseover, etc. attributes, you're doing it wrong.) If we still want to have it toggleable somehow, in case users either don't like it on principle or run into a bizarre browser setup that we didn't properly account for, that should be either a theme designer toggle or a per-user toggle, not a module coding difference if at all possible. (Yes, some modules will still need to be tweaked to be Ajax friendly.) Making the module developer decide between theme('table' and theme('ajax_table' means the user doesn't get a choice about it. Or am I misunderstanding you completely? :-) -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@garfieldtech.com ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson