[bfioca]

No user cares about HTML 4.0 and table layouts. I hate this complaint. Also, don't use mod_rewrite because it adds unnecessary overhead to your webserver.

[gojomo]

You're right about HTML4/tables... but the suggestion to use something (mod_rewrite or whatever) to get off a non-standard port (8081) is a good one. Non-standard ports look sketchy to many people -- and sometimes company networks even block access to them.

[bfioca]

Yes but you can do that without mod_rewrite.

[agentbleu]

no mod rewrite? ever heard of something silly called seo?

ref tables etc, Im with you - who cares

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[bfioca]

You can do smart URLs without mod_rewrite. Ever hear of rails?

[agentbleu]

is that something you put your curtains on?

[agentbleu]

anyway forgive me but I was under the impression RoR had performance issues?

[bfioca]

Saying language X has performance issues makes no sense. Saying implementation X has performance issues does. It's not the language, it's the application/developer/configuration.

[maxwell]

RoR isn't a language.