Heather - You can use Ajax any time you want to get data back from a server without reloading a page. As someone mentioned earlier, it is based on a feature, now supported in all browsers, called XmlHttpRequest (fairly inappropriately, since it has nothing to do with XML!). In your client-side JavaScript you send some data to a server and get some other data back. It poses some interesting problems for accessibility and search engine optimization, but can be used very effectively to improve the user experience.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequest Regards, William Hudson Syntagm Ltd Design for Usability UK 01235-522859 World +44-1235-522859 US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM mailto:[email protected] http://www.syntagm.co.uk skype:williamhudsonskype Syntagm is a limited company registered in England and Wales (1985). Registered number: 1895345. Registered office: 10 Oxford Road, Abingdon OX14 2DS. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of heather > Sent: 26 November 2009 12:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Google added AJAX to Google Translate? > > Do you have any idea of other functions of AJAX aside from above? ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
