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From: Christian Heilmann
Date: Jan 9, 2006 11:40AM

On 1/9/06, Joshue O Connor < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > LG already has the internet fridge:
>
> Great. I'll ditch my laptop!!
>
> >> I think AJAX is truly amazing when used as a 'bonus' layer. You often
> >> see it used as THE layer to interact with the data, though, and that's a
> >> risky proposition, IMHO.
>
> Interesting. Darrel, Do you know any good resources for more info on AJAX
> that you would like to share??
>
> Josh

Where have you lived the last 2 years :-)

http://www.ajaxian.com/

I have the same problem: I am writing a book for Apress about Usable
JavaScript at the moment, and of course an AJAX chapter is an absolute
must. I like the idea of AJAX, but I have a hard time finding an
example that is not just flashy nice-to-have.

Autosuggestion form fields? This is what Firefox does for me and
without server interaction every time I type a character - which can
be really annoying.

I think I'll go with a connected dropdown example.

I really like the gmail autosave - as - draft option, that is a great
example of useful AJAX.

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Chris Heilmann
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