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February 23, 2005
Slashdot on AJAX
Slashdot on AJAX: The web campaign this week for the word "AJAX" to describe DHTML with XML-HTTP (or hidden frames) has hit Slashdot. Plus, it's a full moon, so it's even more fun. The discussion has a significant "hey, don't diss Java!" contingent. (My personal thanks to the folks who invested discussion on the SWFfy side of things there.) Me, I think it's great, inevitable, and expected that HTML document browsers can now separate data calls from presentation calls. Proponents do use language like "now without those cursed plugins!", but the reality is that this is just part of what Macromedia Flash Player has offered in web browsers over the last few years, and I suspect the gap between single-known-engine (player) and multiple-userDetermined-engines (browsers) will increase even faster in the future, so "ajax-vs-swf" discussions are sort of funny to me. Still, I'm guessing we'll see a period of "ajax=ria-plugins" assertions in the future... history will eventually convince more effectively than countering rhetoric would, I'd wager. Request: Time does not permit me to read the entire Slashdot commentary this week. If you note anything there that seems like a good critique, something that Macromedia could work on, then I'd appreciate dropping a note in the comments here, thank you!
Posted by John Dowdell at February 23, 2005 10:06 PM
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I can't take Slashdot comments that are moderated below four, so I might have missed something, though I find it doubtful. It's the usual blather you might expect for that crowd with a lot of "this isn't anything new" criticism instead of any useful analysis.
I did find the comment one guy made about how they set their LCD's based on standards, not browsers a respectable approach to managing that problem, though.
Posted by: Mark Belanger at February 24, 2005 12:40 PM