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Alright it was right there in front of us but now someone's named it.

Ajax is the combination of Javascript and XML handling via XMLHTTPRequst to create rich internet applications right in the browser. (think google maps).

Hmm... next month's 20 liner?



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

nah... I need more than 20 lines just to develop a decente 'stacked' xmlhttp wrapper (you can keep adding requests, and it will do all of them, reporting back at a central place...).

My current 'ajax' (horribl' term) project has slightly above 800 lines of javascript... and they could only be cut down if I was willing to loose either function or clarity.

so l ong,

->Tyberius Prime

Ajax is such a dumb name It makes me think to the make of household products. Is there something more boring than doing the household ?

Was there really a need to put a name on this usage of various technologies ... not really, but doing so will spread the word and open the eyes of more web developers on the possibilities of XmlHttpRequests and XML for their user interfaces.

Doing an "Ajax" based 20 liners is possible, but it will be extremely limited. See the Yay for XMLHttpRequest()! thread by Iron Wallaby. His script is cool, clean and small but it brings almost nothing (new) in term of user interface.

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Is there something more boring than doing the household ?

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Getting the order to do the household

While the article is really nothing new, I do see a trend towards "Ajax" in general, and, in fact, would like to see it continue. My little script was a toy, just to see what Google's starting to play with, and I think it's brilliant (though my script is ugly in the UI department ;p).

So, I guess, I think I'd like to thank the article for increasing awareness, maybe more developers will take Javascript seriously. At least, in the past two years, it's gone from a toy to a viable development means.

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