[K12OSN] Web based Student Information Systems?

[Huck]

I agree...it's just a matter of training ignorant users(harder than it 
sounds in some cases), who have expectations of what the 'back' button 
is SUPPOSED to do in terms of 'viewing' a web page.

They don't understand(after several explanations) that it is now an 
application, not a "web page/site", and inherently different in 
functionality.

So I guess I'm erroneously arguing Microsoft/Apples' stance on catering 
to the lowest common denominator...

--Huck

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Huck wrote:
>> yeah...that's the problem with the ajax..
>>
>> say you have a 3 column CSS layout...and you only update the center 
>> column with ajax(or portions) you effectively disable the 'back' 
>> button feature of the browser.
>>
>> and maps are functionally way different than a SIS system.
> The point of ajax is that the user interface doesn't have to be.  If you 
> want to use the
> mouse to drag as well as click, you can do it with local javascript code 
> and you
> can update parts of the screen in response instead of just filling out 
> forms and
> redrawing the whole screen or an iframe at once.
>