Ajax in phpbb 3.1

[idiotnesia]

I think it's a good idea to implement ajax in phpBB 3.1. There are some places need to consider so user can gain the benefit of ajax.

- Inline editing (in posting)
- Drag and drop forum order (in admin panel)
There are a lot of places in admin panel that use moving up and moving down button. It's better to replace this function with drag and drop.
- Check user availability in registration menu
- Inline moderation tools
- quick reply

[Dog Cow]

- Drag and drop forum order (in admin panel)

I like this idea.

[imkingdavid]

- Drag and drop forum order (in admin panel)

I like this idea.

This.

Also, I think pagination could use ajax, although that would bring up the issue of how to link to a specific page. Maybe allow the AJAX to go to whatever page, but if there is a hardcoded page number in the URL, default to that when the page loads initially?

[nickvergessen]

If the URL shown in the URL-Bar does not link to the page you actually visit, I would not like that.
We have one of this bad behaviour already on board with the view=unread. don't think we need more of this.

[Oleg]

I think pagination could use ajax

I really don't understand the reasoning behind this request. Displaying page 2 of anything compared to page 1 still requires the code to do authentication, authorization, etc. and often times the only common thing in html output between page 1 and page 2 is the header. In this sense navigating from one page to another is no different from navigating to another area of the site.

I can understand using ajax to change a small part of the page or for actions which are lightweight and perhaps asynchronous. Navigating paginated result set does not fit any of these criteria.

[MichaelC]

I like the idea of AJAX but it would be big and I think it would be better to put AJAX into phpBB 4 rather than 3.1 otherwise alot of core files would need almost total rewrites.

[igorw]

I like the idea of AJAX but it would be big and I think it would be better to put AJAX into phpBB 4 rather than 3.1 otherwise alot of core files would need almost total rewrites.

It is possible to introduce it in an unobtrusive way, but it would require some code duplication.

[Ballresin]

I am developing a commercial web application that is 100% Ajax. I decided to use phpBB instead of inventing the wheel. The problem is that the phpBB Forum is a far less elegant user experience than my pure Ajax application. I plan to deal with this inconvenience for a short time while I focus on key development goals.

I plan on hacking up the phpBB code to facilitate Ajax calls and I would gladly share or collaborate on this goal if there are interested parties.

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[indiefan23]

I am developing a commercial web application that is 100% Ajax. I decided to use phpBB instead of inventing the wheel. The problem is that the phpBB Forum is a far less elegant user experience than my pure Ajax application. I plan to deal with this inconvenience for a short time while I focus on key development goals.

I plan on hacking up the phpBB code to facilitate Ajax calls and I would gladly share or collaborate on this goal if there are interested parties.

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Hey, I'm very interested. Did you do this?