I actually don't like AJAX's approach much either, mostly because its only conceptual, and there's no "standard" there other than in-place browser XML txns that can only exist because there's one fairly stably implemented javascript object that does it. The folks who think this is "new" don't know what they're talking about.
OTOH, AJAX seems to be gaining some popularity, and due to the fact that we must live with these brain damaged thin clients called browsers (anyone old enough to remember X-server workstations? Light years beyond browsers...), its *something* that definitely helps both response time and "smart" client behavior. Javascript programming is totally sucky, and I hate it, but what I'm looking for here is if opinions on some of the layered
js libraries built on the AJAX model that are starting to creep out.
So, *bump* opinions? Biases? Faves? Don't tell me *no* one here has anything to say about it....
Cheers,
Buffy
