Questions and Answers...

This is not a F.A.Q. It's just a list of short explanations of what we're trying to offer, hopefully fun to read, hopefully not offensive. We'll replace it with a real F.A.Q. as soon as we get some action. :)

What the... ?

DynarchLIB is a JavaScript toolkit for creating rich Web-based applications. It provides a fairly complete set of widgets (such as menus, calendar, dialog, grid, various entry and button widgets, etc.), client-server communication utilities (XMLHttpRequest or Flash's XMLSocket) and some essential JavaScript tools that make programming easier, cleaner and more fun. All but the kitchen sink.

Does it require Prototype, Scriptaculous, X or Y?

Nope, DynarchLIB is standalone. It doesn't require anything but a decent browser to run.

Then it must be huge!

Not at all. The compressed code (with no comments and whitespace) has only one line. :-) It's true though that this line is about 220KB. Served through gzip compression, it gets down to ~60K for the JS code, and ~7K for the CSS code (and note that I'm talking about the full library here, including all widgets and goodies). I think it's quite lightweight.

What browsers does it run on?

Firefox 2+, Opera 9+, Safari 3+ and Internet Explorer 7 (it's functional with IE6 too, but it looks ugly due to lack of PNG support; we don't plan to fix this).

Err, wait, this thing isn't free?

If you want to develop open-source software, you can use DynarchLIB for free under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

For commercial products we offer alternate, affordable licensing schemes. See licensing information for more details.

This Website is not even “2.0”!

What do you mean? Click here!

OK, now seriously, we're trying to keep it small and fast, and we want Google to see it, so that you can see it. Turns out, “AJAX” is not such a good idea for Websites. It's a great idea for Web applications. DynarchLIB is aimed for that. Check our interactive demos for some “2.0” action.

(We might use some AJAX features in the forums for posting messages, but that will only be available for users that are logged in).

What is an “Web Application”? (and why should it be any different from an “Web Site”?)

We make this distinction between a site and an application: the site is generally intended to present content; it must be accessibe, indexable by search engines, etc., while an application is intended to allow users to manipulate their data.

An application has different requirements—it must be responsive, it should limit the number of page reloads (ideally there won't be any), it should allow users to interact with it using familiar controls, etc. Yahoo Mail is an example of an web application.

Although it can be used in sites too, DynarchLIB is best suitable for writing applications.

It doesn't seem to have feature “X”.

Please tell us about it!

We can't guarantee to implement all feature requests, but we will do our best!

Can I rely on tech. support?

Definitely. We generally try to help anyone, but if you are a paying customer, we will go way over our head to support you. This means: email, IM and phone (when required), and obviously, forums. Please note though that we can't guarantee anything more than 2 hours of support for one paying customer (we'll try to provide more, when required, but just can't make a promise to do it for free).

If you're not a commercial customer, we can't guarantee anything—but we'll try to help you as if you were one. Ask us, or use the forums (preferred if your problem might be shared by others).

Can I hire you to do my work?

Probably; make your offer.