The Cappucino version appears to be about 400 lines of Javascript. So the jQuery one is 1/8th the size.
Although I doubt the Cappucino version was written with line count in mind.
Although I doubt the Cappucino version was written with line count in mind.
There are a lot of advantages of having this layering (usability, degradable functionality). The biggest problem I see is network latency and rendering appears slower while HTML loads progressively. What are the pro arguments in favour of removing this layer?
The biggest (pro) argument I can think of is reliability in construction, cost & development speed. Less to worry about reliably piecing together sites with css/html.
This isn't so much of a problem for the types of applications Cappuccino is intended for: long running applications, rather than transient web pages.
In fact, in some cases 280 Slides launches faster than PowerPoint or Keynote. Uncached I often see load times of about 3 seconds. Cached is about half that.
Good point I totally missed this.