Re: Javascript and Mantis

I've always noticed that there are people who are hard core about
never using Javascript.  I wonder how are these people feeling with
the move to Web 2.0.  Do all these web 2.0 websites have graceful
degradation?

I personally have always tried to have Mantis always work with/without
Javascript enabled.  There are two knobs in Mantis, a per installation
knob and whether the current user browser settings having javascript
enabled or not.  I know we deal with the first one pretty well and I
hope we are doing the same with the second.

As for projax, prototype, etc - we are currently using them in one
scenario.  I think it is the auto-complete scenario for profile
fields.

Issue #8382 in the bug tracker suggests that we use MooTools instead
of prototype.  I haven't investigated this.  Feedback is welcome.

On 10/27/07, Gianluca Sforna <giallu-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> On 10/27/07, David A. Desrosiers 
> <desrod-PoZ5/QCWMfb/2OF+hy8yCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > AFAIK, this is easy, we just need to flip $g_enable_projax to ON
> >
> > > > updating the existing javascript to use them.
> >
> > > Yeah, at one point I had a working implementation (possibly still
> > > sitting somewhere on my HD) replacing some of the current javascript
> > > with simpler Prototype calls.
> >
> > Please, please, PLEASE do not enable Javascript by default in the UI.
> >
>
> Javascript _is_ enabled since ages in config_defaults_inc.php. If I
> can translate your request to:
>
> please do not add features that works _exclusively_ with Javascript,
>
> then I agree, and it seems also the original poster who said:
> "Graceful degradation would be an obvious requirement."
>
> I read "Graceful degradation" as: it also has to work without javascript
>
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