Chris, thanks for the insight. You are correct the frames way is quicker to develop in but the AJAX way is a nicer user experience.
Thing is I still have some issues doing it with cflayouts. I guess I just need to make a decision which way to go. I really want to get into Flex, I am just not sure how long it will take to get up to speed with it enough to pop out a small app. Thanks again! >My $.02: > >The Ajax is going to be far more user-friendly, but about 50 - 100% more >work >The frames work fine, and its easy to target links / forms to it. > >If your admin is going to be used by tons of folks, I would spend the >extra time on the Ajax version, if its gonna be 2 - 5 people, don't >waste time and go with the frame approach. > > >Chris Peterson >Gainey IT >Adobe Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer > >I am currently working on a small web app and I am struggling with some >UI issues. > >I have in the past liked to use frames (I know) for the general layout. >Here is a simple sample of a layout using frames that I have used in the >past: http://demo.thinksys.com/ui/frames/ > >On this project I wanted to utilize some of the new CF8 AJAX UI tags. So >I designed a layout like this: http://demo.thinksys.com/ui/cflayout/ >using cflayout. I really like the general layout and the fact that it is >asynchronous but I am running into some issue. One major problem I am >having now is uploading files (I posted about this). Being that all the >forms submit asynchronous cffile does not work. I am also running into >some other strange things that are making me rethink this strategy. > >I guess what I am looking for is some feedback about what other people >are doing for UI development. I know that Flex is very popular but I >really don't know much about it and have never used it. > >Any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:287400 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
