Why Microsoft and Google are Cleaning Up With AJAX

OSS_ilation writes "Google uses it, and Microsoft is pursuing it, so there's a lot of hype and hubbub surrounding AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML). AJAX brings together some hot properties, JavaScript, HTML/DHTML and HTML, according to Julie Hanna Farris, founder of Scalix, a Linux-based, e-mail systems vendor. Scalix is using AJAX in Scalix Web Access (SWA), a Web-delivered, e-mail application. AJAX enables advanced features like drag 'n drop, dropdown menus and faster performance capabilities, which are now making their way into Web applications, she said. These kinds of capabilities represent a significant leap in the advancement of Web apps."

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[Overly Critical Guy]

Hi, Dion. I'm a pissed-off web user who's been visiting Slashdot far too long. Terms like "Ajax" just make me really, really angry, and I don't know why. Perhaps it's because it sounds like window cleaner. Mere years ago, this stuff was called dynamic web pages and other friendlier phrases. Can you help me to come to grips with this new wave of crappy, crappy terminology that Slashdot has, for some reason, embraced? "Blog" entries and AJAX are now front page news.

Sincerely,
Overly Critical Guy