A term for those cool new Google Apps: Ajax

Darren points to a cool article from Adaptive Path that gives a new term for the cool apps Google has been building lately: Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML).

Sure, XMLHTTP async calls are something web developers have been doing for a while, but Google's "iPodded it"[1]. I'm looking forward to those Client Callbacks in Whidbey, especially if the Javascript is cross-browser.

Some cool graphics to tempt you over to the Adaptive Path article:

Adaptive Path has an  rss feed available, highly recommended:

[1] Oh, am I getting into the term coining excitement? Looks that way:
iPodd(ed) v: to leverage existing credibility and slick design to popularize an existing technology.

Published Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:26 AM by Jon Galloway
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# re: A term for those cool new Google Apps: Ajax

Now, who's going to be the first to provide a generic ASP.NET Server Control which allows this for all pages? (SmartNavigation doesn't count!)

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:40 AM by Scott Galloway

# re: A term for those cool new Google Apps: Ajax

Oh, neither does ASP.NET ClientCallback :-) I want it all and I want it now ;-)

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:45 AM by Scott Galloway

# re: A term for those cool new Google Apps: Ajax

I've heard rumors that some of the user controls in Visual Studio 2005 may utilize this functionality. Is this the case?

Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:08 AM by Levi Rosol

# re: A term for those cool new Google Apps: Ajax

Yes. Some that come to mind are the new Menu control and Validators (http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2004/11/09/254583.aspx).

Interesting how they're hooked up - they reference JS files that are actually resources in System.Web.dll are are retrieved via a handler - webresource.axd.

Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:47 AM by Jon Galloway

# re: A term for those cool new Google Apps: Ajax

It is really cool to discover the new language and be the first to come up with an aconym for it....a place in Web history

Monday, March 14, 2005 6:55 PM by dynamic

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