I suppose everyone has their own thoughts about AJAX. I think its a great concept and can do some cool things, but sometimes it goes a bit to far. David Walsh has a great list which echo some of what Will Reed was saying at a recent JAXJUG meeting.
The list:
- Ajax to Enhance, Not to Function
- Always Let the User Know What's Going On
- You Did It With Ajax? Cool! Who Cares?
- Ajax at the End
- The Security Rules Still Apply
- Ajax Saves Load Time…But Your Javascript Library Doesn't
Again, while I think AJAX is cool, this list does sum up my feelings on it, especially the first and third rule.
Check out David's post for the full posting along with explanations for each list item.
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Jonathan Bates is involved in the local development community, once even serving time as the President of the Jacksonville Developers User Group.
He has had a long and storied path on the way to I.T. work. At one point, Jonathan had a near Neo-Luddite position about computers, believing them at worst to be the means to humanity's eventual slavery and at best tools for general evil. After landing a job powered by such advanced technologies as Windows 3.11 for Workgroups and MS Access, Jonathan began to change his opinion on computers. He began to believe that they might be for more than just improving the display and sound qualities on his Laserdisc movies. In time, he came to see that computers were nothing more than tools, not much different then a hammer (though not as good to drive nails with).
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