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/8fd338e5debf2e7c/06c439d0f1ca4f80?lnk=gst&q=dialogbox+move#06c439d0f1ca4f80 They reverted it apparently. -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
