Software As She’s Developed

Andrew Sutherland offers a few Ajax Gotchas/Tips. I’ll add some comments. Escape content with encodeURIComponent() which is superior to escape. XMLHttpRequest’s readyState tells you how far the request has progressed. MM: If you’re confused about readyState’s transition from 0 to 4, you have good reason to be. Read the recent posting and comments on David Flanagan’s blog, and […]

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I’ve noticed that I’ve recently habitualised the Yellow Fade Technique, or what the Ajax patterns refer to as One-Second Spotlight. The typical Fade example is a form field. When you change it, the field is suddenly highlighted, then gradually fades back to its original form. This tells the user that “the computer” knows something’s happened, and […]

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First, a quick update on yesterday’s book anouncement: Thanks for your interest. Yes, it will be published as a physical book. In the O’Reilly animal format. And no, I don’t know which animal. Periodic Refresh is a pattern where the page runs a loop to continuously grab fresh data from the server (Ajaxify Time Demo). As that […]

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I’m pleased to announce the in-progress patterns at ajaxpatterns.org will be completed and published as an O’Reilly book: “Ajax Design Patterns”. The accompanying podcast explains the details, here’s a summary: I’ll be completing full-text descriptions for all the listed patterns, give or take some restructuring. ajaxpatterns.org will remain online, with full content - before, during and […]

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