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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. Where? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Where are some good web sites about AJAX?

  2. Who approved that post? by squisher · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Oh my! Read the headline: Goole and Microsoft.

    Read the rest. Oh well, some other, insignificat company that is advertising on slashdot! Great!

    Can someone PLEASE not approve these stories? Story about a nice AJAX webmail - great and interesting. Using completely out of context comparisons to M$ and Google - wrong advertisement.

    Just my 2 cent...