Re: Re: Pre-release announcement: YUI 2.4.0, expected in the first half of December

On Nov 5, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Louis Arquie wrote:

> I am very surprised by the Charts Component.
> I would not expect to have to marry JavaScript and Flash. Is that a
> step in the right direction?

Louis,

Is it a step in the right direction?  Well, we think so.  We're  
looking forward to hearing what you think once you have it in hand.

Thomas Sha, who founded the YUI Project at Yahoo, reminds us regularly  
that YUI is not a "JavaScript and CSS library" or a "DHTML library" —  
it's a library for the presentation layer of internet-delivered apps.  
Fundamentally, we've dealt with DOM-based structures thus far, because  
that's where the biggest ROI is.  Even the emerging tier of this  
segment is DOM-centric or DOM-enabled -- iPhones, gPhones, Air, open/
walled social platforms, etc.  For all of its flaws, the browser-as-
platform is still king.

But for some things, Flash offers a compelling solution.  Charting is  
one of those things.  It's not the only one, but it's an obvious one.  
As the Flash-JavaScript conduits have improved, hybrid controls like  
the upcoming YUI Charts have become more attractive as solutions to  
specific kinds of problems in the UI.

Regards,
Eric



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Eric Miraglia
Yahoo! User Interface Library