AJAX: Roller skates for the Web

Now this is an interesting comparison to be sure – roller skates for the web. Never of AJAX being looked at this way before.

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Web application development can be roller skates for the Web; it must be used appropriately or it can be dangerous, said Jesse James Garrett, the IT consultant credited with coining the term “AJAX.”

Garrett gave a keynote presentation at the AJAXWorld Conference & Expo on Tuesday morning. While noting the benefits of AJAX, chiefly its enabling of asynchronous interaction over the Web, Garrett cautioned that AJAX is not usable in all instances. It is similar to how it would not be good to roller skate around a shopping mall, he said.

“We’re going to introduce AJAX into places where it doesn’t belong,” said Garrett, who is director of User Experience Strategy and a founding partner of Adaptive Path…. Source: InfoWorld