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Re: Xlink Isn't Dead

• From: Robert Koberg <rob@k...>
• To: xml-dev <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:53:11 -0400

Peter Hunsberger wrote:

 > We use Dojo.  The model is somewhat different; you're back to
 > programmatic attaching the events to the objects based on DOM
 > traversal (even if Dojo helps hide some of those details).  The MS
 > model Len was referring to is done by attaching the event handlers at
 > the CSS level.  There's really nothing else out there like it, but as
 > I said, the implementation leaves a lot to be desired.
 >

yes, Peter, I understood the difference. That is why I pre-pended my 
response with 'FWIW'.

I have come away from this thread with the understanding that you should 
deal with linking on your own terms -- at this point in time :)

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• From: Robert Koberg <rob@k...>
• To: Peter Hunsberger <peter.hunsberger@g...>
• Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:13:27 -0400

Peter Hunsberger wrote:

> We use Dojo.  The model is somewhat different; you're back to
> programmatic attaching the events to the objects based on DOM
> traversal (even if Dojo helps hide some of those details).  The MS
> model Len was referring to is done by attaching the event handlers at
> the CSS level.  There's really nothing else out there like it, but as
> I said, the implementation leaves a lot to be desired.
> 

yes, Peter, I understood the difference. That is why I pre-pended my 
response with 'FWIW'.

I have come away from this thread with the understanding that you should 
deal with linking on your own terms -- at this point in time :)

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