Re: [Gnumed-devel] drugref status

[Thilo Schuler]

Its all about asynchronicity! Some people call this AJAX (Asynchronous 
Java Script with XML). Here is an intro 
http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php. 
Also googling with "AJAX" shows that it is a hot topic in blogs.

I found this nice little article 
(http://serversideguy.blogspot.com/2004/12/google-suggest-dissected.html) 
that dissects Google suggest (I have only skimmed it because I should 
prepare a presentation for wednesday). It works with XMLHttpRequest an 
object that is built into most newer browsers and that can be accessed 
via JavaScript.

This is also how MAB communicates with the Amazon Web Services. For the 
DrugRef Browser I am planning I thought I would use vcXMLRPC (JavaScript 
XML-RPC implementation based on XMLHttpRequest).

Thilo

Ian Haywood wrote:
> Thilo Schuler wrote:
>
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > thanks but take a look at the role model application (MAB at 
> > http://www.faser.net/mab with Firefox) 
>
> This is cool. Thilo, do you know how to do something in XUL like Google 
> Suggest
> (http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en) I find it hard to believe 
> there isn't a way,
> in fact, wait a sec, I'm using that functionality right now in 
> Thunderbird ;-) so there must be a way
>
> This is the equivalent of what we call the phrasewheel in gnumed-wxpython.
> This would make it very tempting for a GUI
> The problem is you need to write it in javascript. (ugh)
>
> Ian
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