I've got a problem. One of the datagrids a website which I am developing, doesn't show any rows >ever< when viewed under the new Google Chrome browser that was released earlier today.
Has anyone else noticed any inconsistences with the Infragistics controls and Google Chrome?
I've published two screenshots on my review of Google Chrome here: http://blog.evolvedsoftwarestudios.com/2008/09/02/web-browser-wars-room-for-one-more-google-launch-google-chrome/ (scroll right down to the last two images in the article).
Taz-
You mentioned that the WebGrid is coming out with 2008.3 (in Nov). So when is the new UltraWebGrid coming out ... sure aikido is new, shiny, and functional - but it sure gives the community a lot of work to convert projects, etc.
Thanks
Chad
Mike,
I assure you that we are on top of that matter here at Infragistics as well.
We will be rewriting some of our current controls that we feel can benefit from our new framework, but at the same time adding more controls to our toolset as well. To read more about Aikido, check out our Aikido page:
http://ko.infragistics.com/hot/aikido.aspx#AikidoFrameworkCTP
To answer your next question, yes, we are thoroughly testing our WebDataGrid on Safari for 8.3.
Taz.
I've answered part of my own question on 1. Aikido Framework. It's the new technology framework from Infragistics. Ok, I got that.
Regarding Aikido's support of Google Chrome and Safari, I can only urge you to make sure that Google Chrome is well tested and supported as many of our customers are starting to adopt it.
Hi Taz,
Thanks for responding and giving your insights into the development process. There are a couple of issues that this brings up however:
1. Are the Aikido controls a direct drop-in replacement to the exiting Web Grid controls? The issue is that the Web Grid doesn't work >almost at all< on Chrome (and I assume by implication they are bugged on Safari too). Unfortunately this makes them completely useless for almost all non-intranet web applications as an ever increasing quantity of users migrate to Chrome. What is the relationship between "Aikido" and the current ASP.NET Web controls?
2. Am I right that the next release will not explicitally support Google Chrome but there are plans to thoroughly test on Safari?
I've had to drop Infragistics for the current project I'm working on as the lack of Chrome support is a deal breaker. This is dissapointing since the rest of the Infragistics framework appears to be ok.
Thanks,
Mike
We are currently targeting first week of November to ship our 2008 Volume 3 that will include our new Aikido based WebDataGrid.
As for Chrome, we have done some preliminary testing of our new WebDataGrid on it. Since all Aikido controls are designed to support Safari, we have been seeing same results on both Safari and Chrome for the most part. Due to the arrival of Chrome after our test plans had been finalized for this release, we were not able to do a complete round of testing on Chrome as we would like. But since Chrome is based on Safari WebKit, I expect to see it work no differently that it would do on Safari.