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Why Microsoft and Google are Cleaning Up With AJAX

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-remember-when-center-was-cutting-edge-web dept.

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."

2 of 443 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Incoming data by KiloByte · · Score: 5, Informative

    1. The good ancient way.

    Try this:
    #!/usr/bin/perl
    print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
    $|=1;
    (print '.'),sleep 1 while 1;

    2. With XMLHttpRequest:

    var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
    req.multipart=1; ....

    and the server-side part uses content-type: multipart/x-mixed-replace

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  2. Re:real reason why by misleb · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is bullshit. AJAX does NOT give one the ability to deliver desktop quality applications through the web. Not even close. Sorry. At best, AJAX spices up traditional web applications. But it is still using HTML/CSS for the UI. The HTML/CSS document model simply doesn't work well for desktop quality applications.

    Saying that AJAX will allow one to deliver desktop quality applications is like saying central heating will turn a mobile home into a mansion.

    -matthew

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    "THERE IS NO JUSTICE, THERE IS ONLY ME." -Death