Re: 0.4.0pre16

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On Wednesday 10 November 2004 3:16 pm, Dror Matalon wrote:
> Hi Alex,

Welcome to the list Dror,

> Good news:
> o This seems like one of the few places where people apply solid
> software engineering approach to DHTML.

You'd think it would be more common, huh?

> o You do that while taking into account the issues with different
> browsers including even IE 5.0.
> o Several people involved in the project
>
> Bad news:
> o Doesn't seem like there's significant adaptation of the project.
> Which in my mind, translates into not having a lot of testing and
> debugging. Or am I missing something?

You aren't missing much, but we do have several larger applications=20
under the belt which have helped to inform requirements and drive=20
stability. As for widespread adoption, I think you'll find that all=20
of the available DHTML toolkits suffer to some extent from this=20
problem. I've started work on another project which seeks to put an=20
end to this, but it's not anything I can really talk about yet.

> o Not much going on lately. Looks like not much has happened in the
> last six months. I was even asking myself if the project is still
> alive.
>
> So it was good to see this new release. Any information about
> what's new in this release?

Sure!

This new build includes a much improved "scroll table" which can be=20
used to "upgrade" a normal DHTML table and imbues it with magical=20
properties that allow you to resize columns, do multi-selection, and=20
build fixed columns (useful for analytical apps).

There are other updates to the text expander widget which have been=20
donated by Mark Anderson and which I'll outline another time.

> All in all, I'm very impressed with the general approach of the
> project, and I'd like to contribute, and would certainly like it to
> be successful.

We're happy to have you!

Regards

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Alex Russell
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