Shanti’s Dispatches

Adaptive Path has coined a term for the JavaScript + XMLHttpRequest + CSS technology used by Google Maps, Gmail, and Goolge Suggest.

They’ve written up an excellent article on what they’re calling Ajax: a new approach to web applications.

Adaptive path:

Google Suggest and Google Maps are two examples of a new approach to web applications that we at Adaptive Path have been calling Ajax. The name is shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript + XML, and it represents a fundamental shift in what?s possible on the Web.

You could tell just by watching del.icio.us/popular that people started going (pardon my french) - ape shit - when these services (Gmail, Gmaps, etc) were launched.

Now, with a name, that seems like it’ll stick, I believe we’ve entered…. Web 3.0 ?

That’s probably too drastic of a statement, but the web-world definitely hasn’t seen something like this since CSS first went big time.

And CSS was more of something magical and sexy to web designers, not actual end-users.

Ajax, on the other hand, is very user-centric. It’s all about providing the ultimate user experience. And if necessary… saying “sorry, guys” to the non IE or Firefox browser users.

Stay tuned for an Ajax Resources roundup - coming soon.

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