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Originally Posted by mrkris
The idea of Ajax was to treat webpages like an actual application. No waiting for pages to reload for settings to change, etc. People are going to far with Ajax, it has its place, such as a backend for databases. I have written some Ajax code for wordpress that allows users to drag and drop posts into their 'favorites'. That's a neat idea, but for the most part, with galleries, etc, I feel it's a bit overkill.
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You're a smart man, mrkris.
Ajax is about building a web-based application, not a gallery. There are some sweet uses for it in regard to what an adult member's area could implement, but for the most part it's definitely overkill. Fuck. It's just parsing ASCII text without a refresh. I visited the FJAX (flash ajax) site recently and immediately left it because they used the tool too much ( no back button, every click was an ajax call ). Unfortunately, I see this poor use of technology as a trend that will continue to grow once more people become demystified of how to use the technologies that make up what is known as "ajax" and start using it just to use it: To be cool, or some shit.
And every time I hear the term "Web 2.0" I want to beat others / myself in the head with a rock. Just because.....