Things I'd like to know about Atlas (aka Ajax from Microsoft)
Wow, I am all pumped that sometime during the week of September 12, I'll get to start learning about Microsoft's Atlas project. Just thinking outloud, here are some things that I would like to know about:
- Everything (yeah, thats a big wish).
- Debugging. How am I going to easily debug client and server side code in one place.
- Security Integration. How do I integrate with Forms and Windows Authentication.
- ViewState Integration. Is it possible to reach into the statebag and get stuff from there. What happens when I store the ViewState somewhere besides the client.
- Cross-browser support. How well does Atlas support IE, Firefox, Opera, and Safari.
- Downlevel browsers. What happens with a mobile browser or some other type of dumb browser. Do I get some type of downleveling where I can get some type of support for browser that does not have all of the features to make Atlas work?
- Builtin control support. What types of builtin control support are there?
- Third party support. What third party companies are building support for Atlas into their controls?
BTW, while I have mentioned that I am going to work on an Ajax for .NET book, I don't know anything more than what I have read through ScottGu's blog. I'm just throwing out a wish list of things that I have been thinking about over the past several months.
Wally