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?"

Comments

Isn't it obvious?

[noidentity]

Dirty countertops everywhere are the number one cause.

Re:I'd call it a Cognitive Avalanche

[cperciva]

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.