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From: Joshue O Connor
Date: Jan 9, 2006 12:20PM

Thanks for the link Christian and good look with the book. Do let us know when it
is materializing and Darrel cheers for the Internet fridge thing.

Every home should have one or will have one more like :)

Josh

Christian Heilmann wrote:
> On 1/9/06, Joshue O Connor < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>>>LG already has the internet fridge:
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>>Great. I'll ditch my laptop!!
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>>>>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.
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>>Interesting. Darrel, Do you know any good resources for more info on AJAX
>>that you would like to share??
>>
>>Josh
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> Where have you lived the last 2 years :-)
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> http://www.ajaxian.com/
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I think I'll go with a connected dropdown example.
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> I really like the gmail autosave - as - draft option, that is a great
> example of useful AJAX.
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> Chris Heilmann
> Blog: http://www.wait-till-i.com
> Writing: http://icant.co.uk/
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