[Cosmo-dev] CMP and AJAX

[Brian Moseley]

On 9/22/06, Matthew Eernisse <mde at osafoundation.org> wrote:

> 1. Cookie between loads
> Still use a cookie, but only between page loads -- i.e., as soon as the
> new page loads up, you put the data into a JS variable and kill the
> cookie. That way the data is only in a cookie when a request is in
> flight -- so if someone leaves their machine sitting, it's not sitting
> in that easy-to-read cookie.
>
> 2. Top-level iframe shell
> Build the app inside of a full-page single iframe. The hosting document
> has the be XHTML 1.0 Transitional to accomodate the frame, but then you
> have a top-level document where you can stick all kinds of state data
> while the user navigates around in the iframe.

yea, i thought of both of these as well. i intuitively like option 2
better and think that we should think seriously about making that our
long term plan, but i'm okay with option 1 for now.