Re: DB Maintenance Design Patterns

Absolutely. Simple is awesome, especially for the developer :-)

Here's a subtle example:

I wrote a customer inquiry jQuery Mobile RPG sample program (which happens to be available live on Henrik's site) that uses simple HTML, but by virtue of the jQuery Mobile library includes is now Javascript enabled and driven.

Simplicity and speed on a mobile device. No explicit Javascript programming, yet javascript enabled.

Point being the line blurs pretty quickly even when you are not explicitly calling or using Javascript tags in your code.

FYI: I do a lot of simple email interactions types of apps which need simple interaction so I understand super-simple can be better in some cases. Would love to see an example of one such mobile site if anyone has one :-)

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date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:25:50 +0000
from: "Dean, Robert" <rdean@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [WEB400] DB Maintenance Design Patterns

Don't sell simple short. Simple is fast, and accessible.

Rich is good, too, but some sites implement richness for the sake of buzzword bingo. It should only be used when it improves the UX, and even then it should be used smartly. The site should not happily sacrifice download/render speed or accessibility for the sake of richness.
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 5:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [WEB400] DB Maintenance Design Patterns

I like it.

If you don't like Javascript, you are not entitled to the news. :-)

I guess we could all program our mobile sites with simple tables and columns and simple CSS.

So much for tools like jQuery, jQuery Mobile, Sencha, Phonegap etc to make our lives easier when writing mobile apps.......

Since UI sells apps, that may well be the kiss of death for any real application.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
RJS Software Systems Inc.
Where Information Meets Innovation
Document Management, Workflow, Report Delivery, Forms and Business Intelligence
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web Site: http://www.rjssoftware.com
Tel: (952) 736-5800
Fax: (952) 736-5801
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