Ajax

Hate it or love it, Google Wave is here to stay. And as I read in this piece from TechCrunch, it appears that we are looking at Google Wave working pretty well with the iPhone.
What is interesting about this is that there is a warning that appears when trying to use Google Wave on the [...]

Office 2000 is indeed, older than most people might care to admit. But for many folks, it is just what the doctor ordered and does what they need it to do. Sadly, it is coming to an end of life here soon, which means there will be no more security patches for this software. Will [...]

Generally speaking, I have found the wiki software out there to be less than compelling. It’s difficult to explain all of the reasons why as I am likely alone on this, but despite this, here we are. Today I discovered that Zoho is looking to make their Wiki software a smooth fit for SMBs and [...]

Speaking as a new iPhone user myself, I find this latest news about Gmail getting a new “engine” for speedier performance on the iPhone and Android to nice, but fail to see the point.
See, I feel like this is more value to Google developers as both of the aforementioned phones already possess great default applications [...]

Web 2.0 - seems like a weird name for the next generation of web design. Yet despite this title being rather silly on a multitude of levels, here we are. The idea behind changing the name of Web 2.0 is much like the desire to be done with the term “Podcasting”. Neither term does very [...]

Like most people, I tend to take any news of a new “Web 2.0 project with a grain of salt. However as I read more about the concept of an up and coming website known simply as “Hunch”, I found myself becoming more intrigued by the moment. Think of it this way. A website/service that [...]

In response to the proliferation of other frameworks used to create rich Internet applications such as Flex from Adobe (formerly from Macromedia) and AJAX-based frameworks, Microsoft Silverlight was recently introduced. All three of these applications, as well as the others on the market, enable a Web developer to create an interface on a Web page [...]

Lately, you may have been hearing more and more about Ajax and begun to wonder how it could be beneficial to your business’s Web application development projects. First, it is important to start with an understanding of this type of Web programming. While the concept is not new - it has existed since 1998 - [...]

Want to add some of those really neat Web 2.0 effects to your own Web site or project and you do not know where to start? Well one place that I would point you towards would be SimpleJS. Why? Well, it is pretty darned simple, for one thing. It might not be as powerful as [...]

Today’s piece coming to us from InfoWorld really gets knee deep into the world of Ajax. What’s great about it, security issues, and a whole lot more.
Sometimes it’s all in the packaging. Take McDonald’s “Happy Meals,” for example. You’ve got a burger, fries, and a drink. But wrap it in kid-friendly packaging, add a cheap [...]

You have to admit, this concept of an Ajax builder could end up providing us with some pretty amazing products in the not too distant future.

Seeing a need to make AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Web development easier, Tasmania, Australia-based Morfik later this year plans to offer Version 1.0 of WebOS AppsBulder, an IDE that [...]

It’s one of those things you would never had thought to see happen – Microsoft and Apple working together to push forth…oh wait, they are still out in the cold on this one? Perhaps MS and Apple will join up a little later on?
San Francisco (InfoWorld) - In February, a group of technology vendors, including [...]

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 [...]

Software development and Ajax have finally come to meet, well, sort of. In short, there are a few things that they can learn from each other it turns out

Very cool. Below we have a Toolkit from Google to help you to develop Ajax apps! Who says that Google doesn’t give back?

Based on what I am hearing from the folks over at InfoWorld, I would say that one day soon Outlook may have some competition should web apps like this offer sync abilities.

For those who are not aware, there are a number of different approaches to Ajax design. The piece below explains…

Interested in designing with Ajax in mind? Then this book is for you.

Ajax is great, but getting it to work properly is a lot better. As Kevin points out below, there are some tricks to getting more out of Ajax, you just have to know how to make it happen…

So perhaps the real question is whether or not we really need Web Standards for mobile design? I myself believe that we do, otherwise we will face the same challenges that we faced in the past with on the traditional Web design front.