Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Thursday, September 29th, 2005
This blog post and podcast offers up a great overview of Ajax - especially for the uninitiated (where have you been?).
The added value here is that this point of view comes months after the "Ajax Tipping point", and so it has some fresher content than the original articles that reviewed this topic.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Friday, October 28th, 2005 | Via
The Really Simple History library is a simple module that can be included into existing AJAX systems. Using both a hidden form field and a hidden iframe, this library allows you to set up a history in the browser, and therefore forward and backwards navigation through an Ajax enabled application.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Wednesday, May 10th, 2006 | Via
How can you not like this writing:
The siren's call of the XMLHTTPRequest object can lead many brave scripters to a demise on the rocky shoals of browser limitations and bugs.
Alex Bosworth offers a list of limitations and bugs that are worth knowing if you are developing with Ajax and want to avoid pulling your hair out at some point over what appears to be a weird error.
The list looks like it will be maintained in the Ajax area of this Swik wiki.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Tuesday, February 15th, 2005
A web page with a short introduction to XMLHttpRequest and then a quite extensive list of links to references, tutorials, examples and tools.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Monday, February 21st, 2005 | Via
Ajax is Adaptive Path's name for "Asynchronous JavaScript + XML". This goes beyond simply talking about xmlHTTPRequest and gets into the whole system, from DOM to xml and xhtml + CSS to the javascript to bind it all together.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Thursday, February 24th, 2005
Jason Fried of 37signals endorses the Ajax term for the "Asynchronous JavaScript + XML" technology, and gives some sage advice about user experience and expectations with this new technology.
One advantage of Ajax-based apps is that things can happen quickly without a reload. On the surface this is fantastic � and deep down it usually is. But it can also be confusing and introduce brand new experience problems. Things that happen too quickly can leave people wondering “What just happened?�
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Thursday, March 3rd, 2005
Brent Ashley's remote scripting resources have been in existence since 2000, so if you are looking for a reliable place to dive into Ajax/ Remote Scripting/ xmlHttpRequest, his site is it.
His functions are well developed (jsrs2.4 with Ruby support!) and there is even a support forum. My guess is this is the place to start if you are getting into Ajax based applications.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Friday, March 25th, 2005 | Via
A look at accessibility and usability of Ajax based applications, and some tips for increasing the accessibility of Ajax based forms.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Wednesday, March 9th, 2005 | Via
An short but excellent look at accessibility and Ajax, with a case study where the author enhances the accessiblity of a simple AJAX based calculator.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
Provided in the last pages of a book on using xmlHttpRequest and Rails, this bit of code for cross-browser XMLHttpRequest instantiation was posted by Gyoung-Yoon Noh to the rails mailing list.
From the site: This is a much cleaner function for getting an XMLHttpRequest object in a cross-browser way.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Friday, March 18th, 2005 | Via
Jamis Buck has a look at asynchronous XMLHttpRequests, some of the issues involved, and offers some "UI Guidelines for Asynchronous Requests", concluding that the asynchronous approach is certainly more complex, but it allows you much more freedom to build a more expressive and robust interface.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Friday, March 18th, 2005
Full of links, history, opinion and theory, PPK's article is worth a read if you want to get your head around more then just how to implement 'Ajax' technologies.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Saturday, March 19th, 2005
Quoting a quote: cl-ajax... lets you use Lisp to leverage the XMLHttpRequest/Ajax technique that's used to such good effect in Flickr, Google Suggest and Google Maps to create real-time interactivity without page loads.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Saturday, March 19th, 2005
Looks interesting. Not fully documented at the time of posting, however the js file itself contains a lot of useful info.
From the site: A JavaScript wrapper for the XMLHttpRequest object that enables the trivial implementation of dynamic interfaces without the painful necessity for a complete page-refresh to talk to the server. In other words: Ajax without the confusing API.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Thursday, April 7th, 2005 | Via
PowerWEB LiveControls for ASP.NET is a suite of 21 Web Controls that allow you to execute server-side callbacks and update form elements without reloading the HTML page.
Interesting to see on the page the following: ...Asynchronous Callbacks and REmote Scripting (ACRES). ACRES defines a new way to combine light-weight client callbacks with remote scripting to more easily construct Rich Internet Applications.
It seems like this was announced on the 22nd of December, 2004.
Obviously ACRES didn't catch on quite like Ajax. I suppose that this is because either:
- The timing wasn't right
- They weren't vocal enough
- The limited nature of being ASP.NET only
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
Notes from the Ajaxian Blog at the Adaptive path sponsored Ajax Summit. For those of us who couldn't make it, this is a great set of articles.
Posted in XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Based Applications on Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
A Greasemonkey user script to trace XMLHttpRequest calls in Firfoxes javascript console. From the page: Its purpose is to help peek into AJAX applications, to learning or troubleshooting, without having to run a network sniffer.
