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AJAX Buzzword Reinvigorates Javascript

samuel4242 writes "Javascript may have been with us since the beginning of the browser, but it's going through a renaissance as companies like Google create Javascript-enabled tools like Google Maps . There's even a nice, newly coined acronym , AJAX for "Asynchronous Javascript and XML". A nice survey article from Infoworld interviews Javascript creator, Brendan Eich, who says that this is what he and Marc Andreessen planned from the beginning. Perhaps AJAX will finally deliver what Java promised. Perhaps it will really provide a solid way to distribute software seamlessly."

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  1. Re:AJAX Won't Deliver... by masklinn · · Score: 0, Troll
    That, sir, is completely retarded since it prevents visitors from:
    • Using any legacy browser, or text browser, or anything but mainstream browsers for that matter
    • Browsing with JS desactivated
    • Bookmarking or linking a specific thread or post since you're so retarded that you were retarded enough to not provide any permalinking mean
    On top of that you've managed to put a fucking permanent refresh spam every 10 seconds or so.
    AND you're using fucking frames.
    Your forum sucks man, badly, it ranks even lower than PHPbb as far as forum quality goes.
    --
    "The way we can tell it's C# instead of Haskell is because it's nine lines instead of two." -- wadler
  2. Re:Rewriting history? by sp0rk173 · · Score: 0, Troll

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    "That'll show 'em! That'll show all of 'em! But most of all...that'll show Jenny. Stupid office slut."