* The ability to update portions of a Web page without refreshing the entire screen, which can, for example, enable users to scroll through a virtual map or photographs without refreshing their browser screens. It can also enable calendars to pop up when a user mouses over a date in an email.
* Determining, on the fly, that information typed into a Web screen is appropriate -- such as when entering information on an order form. This can eliminate the delay and frustration of submitting an online form, only to have the server flag mistakes one at a time.
* Dragging and dropping of objects inside a Web browser similar to the capabilities available on computer desktops to move folders and documents around.
* A rich set of buttons, icons, scroll bars, menus and widgets that can ease and speed navigation, as well as simplify information retrieval.
This is Not Just Lip Service And the initiative, although not centralized, appears to offer much more than lip service by its major proponents. IBM, for example, has proposed the contribution of its software to the Eclipse Foundation and Mozilla Corporation "that will allow one to develop and debug an AJAX application," the company said in an official statement.
The proposed Eclipse AJAX toolkit framework "is the first approach that supports multiple AJAX runtime toolkits," according to an official statement. "Its personality builder can typically enable additional toolkits in less than an hour. The runtimes presently supported are from Dojo, OpenRico and Zimbra. Moving forward, other community members will also be able to participate in the proposed Eclipse project with the incorporation of other personality builders or toolkit extensions."
Eclipse Foundation Executive Director Mike Milinkovich (pictured above) told us that the Foundation "is going to host the project, focused on two of the open AJAX initiatives. The first was started by IBM some time ago, and there’s been a proposal up on our website now for it for about a week or two, for a project for the tool for the open AJAX initiative. The idea is that these tools are going to be open ended."
Zimbra President and CTO Scott Dietzen (pictured left) noted that his company "has been developing AJAX applications for two years," and that it will make its AJAX runtime toolkit available to the community under Apache and Mozilla public licenses.
The runtime toolkit provides an object-oriented JavaScript class library with a standard set of widgets, an event framework, and communication tools. The resulting applications can be served from virtually any server and run in any browser, including Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.
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momentum to recent
grassroots efforts to
bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
unique to this effort.
j j wrote: IBM is taking
the lead role in rolling
out an 'Open AJAX'
initiative that seems
sure to add significant
momentum to recent
grassroots efforts to
bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
unique to this effort.
j j wrote: IBM is taking
the lead role in rolling
out an 'Open AJAX'
initiative that seems
sure to add significant
momentum to recent
grassroots efforts to
bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
unique to this effort.
j j wrote: IBM is taking
the lead role in rolling
out an 'Open AJAX'
initiative that seems
sure to add significant
momentum to recent
grassroots efforts to
bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
unique to this effort.
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wrote: IBM is taking the
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an 'Open AJAX' initiative
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significant momentum to
recent grassroots efforts
to bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
unique to this effort.
AJAXWorld News Desk
wrote: IBM is taking the
lead role in rolling out
an 'Open AJAX' initiative
that seems sure to add
significant momentum to
recent grassroots efforts
to bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
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each bring something
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i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
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AJAXWorld News Desk
wrote: IBM is taking the
lead role in rolling out
an 'Open AJAX' initiative
that seems sure to add
significant momentum to
recent grassroots efforts
to bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
unique to this effort.
AJAXWorld News Desk
wrote: IBM is taking the
lead role in rolling out
an 'Open AJAX' initiative
that seems sure to add
significant momentum to
recent grassroots efforts
to bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
unique to this effort.
AJAXWorld News Desk
wrote: IBM is taking the
lead role in rolling out
an 'Open AJAX' initiative
that seems sure to add
significant momentum to
recent grassroots efforts
to bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
unique to this effort.
AJAXWorld News Desk
wrote: IBM is taking the
lead role in rolling out
an 'Open AJAX' initiative
that seems sure to add
significant momentum to
recent grassroots efforts
to bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
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each bring something
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Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
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each bring something
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Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
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wrote: IBM is taking the
lead role in rolling out
an 'Open AJAX' initiative
that seems sure to add
significant momentum to
recent grassroots efforts
to bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
unique to this effort.
AJAXWorld News Desk
wrote: IBM is taking the
lead role in rolling out
an 'Open AJAX' initiative
that seems sure to add
significant momentum to
recent grassroots efforts
to bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
such as Eclipse and
Mozilla are backing the
initiative, as are a
suite of companies that
each bring something
unique to this effort.
AJAX News Desk wrote: IBM
is taking the lead role
in rolling out an 'Open
AJAX' initiative that
seems sure to add
significant momentum to
recent grassroots efforts
to bring Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML, or
AJAX, application
development to the
forefront of the
i-technology universe.
Open source organizations
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The proposed Eclipse AJAX toolkit framework "is the first approach that supports multiple AJAX runtime toolkits," according to an official statement. "Its personality builder can typically enable additional toolkits in less than an hour. The runtimes presently supported are from Dojo, OpenRico and Zimbra. Moving forward, other community members will also be able to participate in the proposed Eclipse project with the incorporation of other personality builders or toolkit extensions."
Zimbra President and CTO Scott Dietzen (pictured left) noted that his company "has been developing AJAX applications for two years," and that it will make its AJAX runtime toolkit available to the community under Apache and Mozilla public licenses.
Two of the biggest
launches in Rich Internet
Application history took
place in 2007/2008 when
Adobe launched AIR 1.0 in
February '08 and
Microsoft launched
Silverlight (September
'07). At the 6th
International AJAXWorld
RIA Conference & Expo in
October SYS-CON Events is
delighted to be
It's important to
remember that there is a
huge resource being
created on the Web these
days in terms of both
services and content.
This includes access to
SaaS applications (that
are better than their
enterprise-bound
counterparts), service
marketplaces, and even
mash-able application
