From: David Teare <dteare@...>
Date: 2005-08-16T22:33:41+09:00
Subject: Re: New site built using Ruby on Rails

Thanks Tom for those kind words.  We tried very hard not to fall into  
the
trap of "Everything Ajax".  Ajax should, IMHO, only be used to make the
site easier to use, not for any core functionality.  For the most  
part, the
majority of PalmSphere will still work if JavaScript is disabled (we  
still have
work to do in this area...).

Re: free marketing - I agree that sometimes mailing lists are abused  
to get
marketing, but over at the RoR list I see new product announcements
frequently.  It is a nice way of letting people know RoR is being  
used in
"real" applications.  I felt the Ruby list would like to know too  :)

--Dave.

On 15-Aug-05, at 9:29 PM, Thomas Kirchner wrote:

> * On Aug 16  8:27, David Teare (ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org) wrote:
>
>> Please check out the site and tell us what you think.  Any  
>> thoughts  or
>> comments would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>
> I must admit, I was skeptical when I first read the email... "oh boy,
> more free marketing for someone's project" :)
>
> I'm quite impressed with the site though.  Everything flows well
> together, the AJAX fits well without being too trendy or flashy,  
> and it's
> a site I can see myself going back to, were I interested in the  
> subject.
> Good work!
> Tom
>