From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-04-14T08:54:10+09:00
Subject: Re: What's beyond Rails?

Matt Pelletier wrote:
> Here goes.
> 
> Postbacks do not, unfortunately, use XMLHttpRequest (comment to James)

Ah.
> ...
> I hope I've explained this clearly.

Yes.  Yow.


> 
> Generally speaking, Postback is a good idea, and it works, but I don't 
> think it's necessarily the most elegant solution to maintaining state. 
> The postback string can get very long, and overall it's a band-aid to a 
> larger problem (statelessness).


Indeed, and it seems the sort of thing that encourages poor Web app 
design because it masks certain difficulties.

> There is a good explanation of ASP.NET's Postback here. This is by far 
> the most straightforward explanation I've ever read (and I've read 
> plenty), and even here it seems like a big hassle to deal with.
> 
> http://www.15seconds.com/issue/020102.htm



Thanks for the explanation.


James