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Poll: Where did you get the idea to use a multi-page document?
in jQuery Mobile
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6 months ago
I am of the opinion that multi-page documents should almost never be used in jQuery Mobile. Yet, multi-page documents, and ways to "fix" multi-page document linkage to other pages seems to be an ongoing issue with a high level of activity on this forum.
I'd like to keep any discussion of "why" separate. If you are curious, you can find plenty of discussion on that topic elsewhere in this forum.
I am curious, though, as to exactly why so many developers seem to be using multi-page documents. It's not something that is overly-emphasized or pushed in the documentation. I wouldn't come away from the docs thinking "I really ought to use multi-page documents". In fact, a close read would suggest it's a bad idea, unless you are developing a really, really small site. The usage of multi-page documents seems way out of proportion to their intended use or their treatment in the documentation.
I am guessing that developers are getting some bad advice from somewhere. And I'd like to find out where.
I might be wrong, and it's simply a case of developers using the feature "because it is there" or "because it sounded cool".
Please be as specific as possible. If you developed a site, or part of a site, using a multi-page document (or multi-page documents), where did you get the idea that you should do that? Was the something in particular that you read in the docs? A sample or tutorial? When did the lightbulb first come on, "I ought to use a multi-page document"?
I'd like to keep any discussion of "why" separate. If you are curious, you can find plenty of discussion on that topic elsewhere in this forum.
I am curious, though, as to exactly why so many developers seem to be using multi-page documents. It's not something that is overly-emphasized or pushed in the documentation. I wouldn't come away from the docs thinking "I really ought to use multi-page documents". In fact, a close read would suggest it's a bad idea, unless you are developing a really, really small site. The usage of multi-page documents seems way out of proportion to their intended use or their treatment in the documentation.
I am guessing that developers are getting some bad advice from somewhere. And I'd like to find out where.
I might be wrong, and it's simply a case of developers using the feature "because it is there" or "because it sounded cool".
Please be as specific as possible. If you developed a site, or part of a site, using a multi-page document (or multi-page documents), where did you get the idea that you should do that? Was the something in particular that you read in the docs? A sample or tutorial? When did the lightbulb first come on, "I ought to use a multi-page document"?
