It's not Ajax, it's Inner-Browsing ... http://devedge-temp.mozilla.org/viewsource/2003/inner-browsing/index_en.html
note the date: 16 May 2003 Ajax is just a new flashy label for something that exists for more than two years. On 19/10/05, Amias Channer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:26:26 +0100 > vijay chopra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No offence, but I wish people would stop using the "AJAX" acronym, Ajax is a > > dutch football team, the 'new' acronym is just another way of saying "look I > > can use javascript" i.e something people have been doing for years </rant> > > (sorry 'AJAX' is one of my pet annoyances) That aside it looks like a good > > app. :-) > > And people saying AJAX is just javascript is a pet annoyance of mine too ;-) > > The term AJAX (as distinct from the footbal club Ajax) in its original usage > refered not just to using Javascript . It's more about the fact the the code > fetches the data instead of pulling it from the HTML file. > > see http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php > > The javascript actually writes the page based on the XML data it has > collected , it can also filter and sort this data (think google maps). > This is not very different from the conventional model where the data comes > as part of the HTML file and updates don't happen without a page refresh. > > see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX > > I think this destinction is important although the common misuse of the term > would suggest that others don't . they are of course wrong ;-) > > Toodle-pip > Amias > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- cheers, Jakob. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
