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tjalonen · May 9, 2007, 14:21

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Excelent article

Akash Mehta · Jun 9, 2007, 00:11

Thankyou to everyone for the feedback, it is greatly appreciated.

Mike - I am not aware that jQuery is based on Prototype, although it does share some basic characteristics, you are probably thinking of Scriptaculous as Sparky suggests. However, your comment about references to DOM elements for performance is valid, and would probably make a difference on slower machines in this chat application.

Joel - you could add a CSS attribute to each message of hidden visibility, then fade it in immediately after it is inserted into the page as Trefex suggests.

Vladmir - some applications probably shouldn't be written entirely with a JavaScript library. The issue of state becomes a problem - how do you deal with different types of changes in a page? Beyond a point such applications become highly complex and do not justify the time taken to entirely AJAX enable them. I could probably demonstrate a blog, however it would be a full blown application and beyond the scope of a short SitePoint article.

Chris - thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep it in mind for my future development. I'm not much of a JavaScript developer myself, and a similar AJAX chat example I saw a few years ago used setTimeout() so it was all I knew how to use at the time.

humanknowledge · Nov 11, 2007, 01:37

Lovely article, It has jump started my jquery education. Thanks

JimmyP · Jun 2, 2008, 08:14

@SimianE ... LOL

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May 9, 2007, 14:21	#1
tjalonen SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Finland Posts: 89	Notice: This is a discussion thread for comments about the SitePoint article, Easy Ajax with jQuery. __________ Excelent article

Jun 9, 2007, 00:11	#2
Akash Mehta SitePoint Zealot Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 137	Thankyou to everyone for the feedback, it is greatly appreciated. Mike - I am not aware that jQuery is based on Prototype, although it does share some basic characteristics, you are probably thinking of Scriptaculous as Sparky suggests. However, your comment about references to DOM elements for performance is valid, and would probably make a difference on slower machines in this chat application. Joel - you could add a CSS attribute to each message of hidden visibility, then fade it in immediately after it is inserted into the page as Trefex suggests. Vladmir - some applications probably shouldn't be written entirely with a JavaScript library. The issue of state becomes a problem - how do you deal with different types of changes in a page? Beyond a point such applications become highly complex and do not justify the time taken to entirely AJAX enable them. I could probably demonstrate a blog, however it would be a full blown application and beyond the scope of a short SitePoint article. Chris - thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep it in mind for my future development. I'm not much of a JavaScript developer myself, and a similar AJAX chat example I saw a few years ago used setTimeout() so it was all I knew how to use at the time.

Nov 11, 2007, 01:37	#3
humanknowledge SitePoint Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 7	Lovely article, It has jump started my jquery education. Thanks

Jun 2, 2008, 08:14	#4
JimmyP Array Popper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hampton, UK Posts: 1,973	@SimianE ... LOL