Re: JavaScript by any other name is "AJAX"?
Re: JavaScript by any other name is "AJAX"?
- Subject: Re: JavaScript by any other name is "AJAX"?
- From: Paul Lynch <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:56:37 +0100
On 29 Mar 2006, at 15:59, Jerry W. Walker wrote:
Hi, Paul,
On Mar 29, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Paul Lynch wrote:
Digression: I find it mildly irritating when people refer to
standard, simple javascript or css tricks as "AJAX"; I always
think that Shakespeare got it wrong when he said that "a rose by
any other name would smell as sweet".
That's an interesting comment. What is it that you find mildly
irritating, any use of the term, "AJAX", or its dilution by
referencing simple JavaScript methods as "AJAX"?
I personally believe that AJAX is a useful term for a collection of
existing technologies (JavaScript and XML asynchronously
interacting with a web server) to achieve with HTTP a user
experience that mimics the client-server experience of the 80's. I
haven't often seen it used for simple JavaScript tricks.
80s? That's an interesting choice - if the early 80s, then colour in
their 80x24 terminals was an adventurous design decision. I'd view
AJAX as a selection of technologies intended to permit more of a GUI
design than the transaction based design inherent in http. But then
that's a gradual fade in from very plain html designs, so I guess I'd
rather avoid the term at all.
Paul
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