Ajax Design Patterns

15.1. Drag-And-Drop Drag, Move, Pull, Rearrange Figure 15-1. Drag-And-Drop 15.1.1. Goal Story Stuart is purchasing books online. Each time he wants to buy one, he drags the book icon into a shopping cart. 15.1.2. Problem Ho...

15.2. Sprite Bitmap, Buffer, Character, Layer, Overlay, Shape, Sprite, Z-Index Figure 15-2. Sprite 15.2.1. Goal Story Not for the first time, Pam is negotiating to eliminate a stack of requirements from the project goals. Having ...

15.3. Popup Balloon, Dialog, Hover, Popup, Transparent, Tooltip Figure 15-5. Popup 15.3.1. Goal Story Frank is monitoring the factory equipment online and notices the T1000 machine is acting a little funny. He clicks on the ic...

15.4. Malleable Content Affordance, Collaborate, Edit, Hint, Input, Microcontent, Mutable, Outline, P2P, Selection Figure 15-9. Malleable Content 15.4.1. Goal Story Reta is logged in and is revamping the catalogue web site. It lo...

15.5. Microlink Appear, Conjure, Emerge, Hyperlink, Insert, Introduce, In-Page Figure 15-13. Microlink 15.5.1. Goal Story Frustrated with a developer's productivity, Pam logs into the version control system and sees a "Project...

15.6. Portlet Block, Conversation, Dialogue, Gadget, Independent, Parallel, Portal, Portlet, Widget Figure 15-15. Portlet 15.6.1. Goal Story The sidebar of Tracy's stock trading system contains a few independent blocks down ...

15.7. Status Area Console, Log, Message, Status Figure 15-18. Status Area 15.7.1. Goal Story Pam wants to revise the list of project issues. As she begins checking off those that are now resolved, she notices the Status Area belo...

15.8. Update Control Backwards, FastForward, Forwards, Freeze, Pause, Push, Refresh, Rewind, Reverse, Speed, Sticky, Update Figure 15-20. Update Control 15.8.1. Goal Story Sasha is entranced by a world map that continuously ...

15.9. Virtual Workspace Camera, Desktop, Illusion, Infinite, InfiniteScrollbar, Lens, Move, Pan, Portal, Scroll, Solipsism, Viewport, Virtual, Visible, Window, Zoom Figure 15-23. Virtual Workspace 15.9.1. Goal Story Bill is using...