[MTOS-dev] [ProNet] Javascript Library Standardization

[Timothy Appnel]

On 1/23/08, Chad Everett <2008 at everitz.com> wrote:

>  I have to say that I actually don't like YUI.

I haven't looked at it and haven't spent too much time doing
JavaScript code, but I don't like the fact that ever tutorial, cool
trick and innovative design widget I've seen is NOT using YUI.
Assuming I haven't overlooked some great innovations, it would seem to
me that standardizing on YUI would remove a lot of the value I
expected such a move would deliver. Count mine as a vote against YUI.

What does Six Apart have against Prototype or jQuery that they would favor YUI?

>  It is an advantage that it doesn't come from your own servers, I guess, so
> bandwidth is a potential savings, but it does come from somewhere, meaning
> your clients are going to have to get it.  If you're worried about bandwidth
> that much, then it could be an issue.  You could use expires headers and
> versioning to take care of that to some degree if you really care that much.
>  And from what I've seen in my limited testing, YUI sucks - both in terms of
> the amount of bandwidth it uses and in the usability.

Chad I think you are overlooking browser caching here. Coming from one
source the library should get pulled from the local cache no matter
which site is using it.

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