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March 17, 2005
oh god, another "expert" and another shitty acronym
So this dude named Mr. Garrett wrote that essay and for some reason the WSJ picked up on it. He's come up with this horrible accronym "AJAX" to describe how GMail, Maps and Suggest are built.
The WSJ validated his acronym by writing about it and now it's picked up all sorts of steam...
Why I don't like it:
- It becomes another acronym that people think they need to grok and it obfuscates what it really is. It's basically an entity that now can be marketed and sold. Kind of like Web Services, XML, DHTML... and just adds to the confusion.
- The 'A' stands for asynchronous which is not a requirement for using this technique.
- The 'X' stands for XML, ooo... doesn't that sound cool? But it also isn't a requirement for using this technique. Don't want to fetch valid XML, don't have to... Don't want to fetch something that looks like an SGML-like doc, don't have to...
Bottom line, this so called "expert" has managed to successfully coin a buzz word so that him and his company can make some money off of being "experts" in this technology.
All it really is, is just browser technologies (mostly Javascript). It's that simple.
Here we go now Mr. Garrett can tour conferences and write articles on "useability" with AJAX, or "how to build a successful AJAX app". Where nothing new will be said, but money will be made...
makes me sick. this has been on MSDN for about 6 years?? I can't even remember it's been so long. Hey Garrett, can you hear me? It's not a "New Approach to Web Apps", it's Javascript so take your acronym and...
Ajax is an abrasive cleaner, use it for cleaning your toilet.
Posted by edward at March 17, 2005 01:38 PM
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