An Ajax Reality Worth Worrying About

An anonymous reader writes "This article discusses the hype that currently surrounds Ajax and it's shortcomings. Reliable Ajax frameworks are still under construction, and you should worry about navigation history, bookmarkability, feedback, persistence, concurrency, and security. This article will help you avoid the major problems inherent in Ajax development."

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Ajax is not the problem

[Umbral Blot]

The real problem with Ajax isn't java script or browser fickleness, or Microsofts hatred of standards, it is that we are trying to solve one a problem, distributed applications over the internet, within the wrong framework, a document viewer with scripting capabilities. What we really need is an internet application browser, that is desgined to be able to host such applications, render consistantly over multiple platforms, be stable and secure, ect. Then users wouldn't be confused concerning the behavior of the back button for example, because no one expects applications to have a back. It might make sense to have the broweser be able to launch the application viewer when needed, but more than that is just begging for problems.