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What's Spreading "the AJAX Wildfire"?
An anonymous reader writes "AJAXWorld Magazine is running an article entitled "What's So Special About AJAX?" in which the majority of the contributors agree among themselves that AJAX "heralds a new, global sense of what the web can be and what the web can do, in ways that are so different but so much better than what we have been used to." While many of those the magazine consulted adduced technical reasons for the spread what one of them, Rich Internet Application pioneer Coach Wei, calls "the AJAX wildfire," only two mention how human nature — including that of software developers — is, well, notoriously susceptible to the latest fad. Which side would you agree with?"
Dirty countertops everywhere are the number one cause.
Don't worry guys, I did the legwork for you. Here's the secret message:
AJAX Javascript is actually quite powerful look at their source code make your program do something flashy isn't as slow as it actually is browsers have this thing called DOM Standard web forms web bad idea data quietly developing AJAX.
You missed the really secret message, which was hidden in the italics, not the boldface. Unfortunately the punctuation was lost, but here's the secret message (including punctuation):
Separate each of them, too. Small humans are kind of primitive; slower, tedious documents -- better idea. BAM!
I think he's conveying instructions on how to teach children: One-on-one teaching, using simple and straightforward teaching materials.
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The Calcuim carbonate, sodium carbonate, anionic surfactants, bleach, the quailty control agents, fragrance, and the color!
Isn't that how most things spread on the internet?
I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.