Imagine a web page with a search box on the side. When you type in a search term and hit submit, the space below the search box is 'filled' with search results. The page is not reloaded, there are no frames. You want to use it when you have a single page 'application' with multiple sections that you want altered without doing a page refresh. You want to refresh the specific section as if it was in its own frame but its not in a frame.
> Can someone explain in broad terms what Ajax et al can do? why would I > want > to use it? > > ....and yes Mike...I'll sign up for the new list ;-) > > Cheers > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > phone: 250.480.0642 > fax: 250.480.1264 > cell: 250.920.8830 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: www.electricedgesystems.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:27 AM > Subject: Re: Ajax > > > > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:08:51 +0100, Micha Schopman > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Rob, > >> > >> Ajax isn't from Google. It is a name "thought up" by someone from > >> Adaptive Path which probably did it because of personal PR stunt, but > >> the name eventually floated around the blogs as the new handle for the > >> combination of xhtml + css + xmlhttprequest. It is easier to say Ajax, > >> than Single Paged Interface, XmlHttpRequest, Dynamic JavaScript > >> MuchoBlabla framework, etc. > > > > Ah I didn't know that - I've only perused the links as I kind of know > > how it works already > > > >> However, this approach to the web isn't something Google invented, > > > > yeah no kidding ;-D - Neuromancer was out around the same time as Flex > > which was well before this stuff started going around. > > > >> So for me it is funny to see the "Google" invented it stamp on it, > >> because others like Erik (webfx) have been using it for quite some time > >> now. It only needed that enormous exposure, and I hope it continuous. > > > > Yeah me too > > > >> So, just use Ajax, Google has nothing to do with it, except doing > >> marketing for us developers. > > > > Well, Neuromancer is a set of libraries that abstract, use, provide > > factories for, and marshal objects using Ajax then - :) > > > > Thanks for the clear up Micha > > > > -- > > ~Blog~ > > http://www.robrohan.com > > ~The cfml plug-in for eclipse~ > > http://cfeclipse.tigris.org > > ~open source xslt IDE~ > > http://treebeard.sourceforge.net > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199137 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
