[TYPO3-ect] Future of different AJAX-libs?

[Elmar Hinz]

Martin Kutschker wrote:
> This is spoken from an extension view. What do you suggest for the Core?
> I don't think that TYPO3 should switch again and again. So a choice for
> one library is not for good but certainly for a long period.
> 
> Is it worth that those new Core parts that use prototype to be converted
> to XAJAX? If yes, shall the XAJAX extension become a system extension?
> 
> Masi


Hi Martin,

well I can suggest something, but the decision are made by the core team.

Also for the core I don't think that a selection of a library can be
ultimatively yet. There are still to many developents in this range. As
version 5.x will be a completly new start that doesn't matter. It is
possible to have this library for 4.x and that for 5.x.

>From my feeling I would combine xajax with prototype for the usual stuff
and write some small specialized functions for high performance tasks.

But see the warnings of Peter Klein in the HCI list, not to use prototype.

I also could imagine an ajax service. Then it would be possible to
change the libraries behind. Think of the currently changing  data
transportation formats: xml, JSON, serialized arrays, ... a service
could make that transparent for the user. Some libraries use an
invisible iFrame to send the data.

Regards

Elmar