Less is more. Especially when it comes to trying anything non-trivial with RJS. It gets yuckie. So Dan Webb took the R out of RJS, and came up with templating for JavaScript. Much, much, nicer. And given that it’s all prototype anywhere, you’re not losing any RJS features, just getting a simpler syntax. (Via Ruby Inside)
Although, more is better, when served right. Apotheon on simplicity in design: “people want options … but they don’t want to have to choose among them over and over again all the damned time” (Thanks Sterling)
Let it ride. Turns out Chevy did innovate, if not in cars than at least with ads: “Consumer-generated advertising has led to some seriously upside-down behavior. Brands that once yelled at us now ask what we have to say. … But none of this is stranger than the idea that you can sell a product by sitting back and letting people put their own spin on it.”
Change is great. Check out script.aculo.us 1.7: morphing from one style to another. It’s less code between me and getting an element to change its color. Amazingly simple.
If you let it happen. Or why there’s no cure for the common cold. But then again, I’m not sure I’d like an installation of two Advils to require a full restart, and eat up all my memory.
And with that, happy Thanksgiving, and see you on the other side.
Chipping the web – nove — Chip’s Quips