Ajax with images and stylesheets

This should be filed under the quirky category :) Julien Lamarre has demonstrated doing Ajax-style callbacks not using XHR. Nor iframes. Nor Java. Nor Flash. He implemented it with images and CSS. Ajax using an image The client to server connection works by sending a request to the server using a dynamically created image with some parameters added to its “.src” property. The server’s response is se

AJAX Tutorial

 AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML.AJAX is a type of programming made popular in 2005 by Google (with Google Suggest).AJAX is not a new programming language, but a new way to use existing standards.With AJAX you can create better, faster, and more user-friendly web applications.AJAX is based on JavaScript and HTTP requests.What You Should Already Know

Very Dynamic Web Interfaces

by Drew McLellan One of the classic drawbacks to building a web application interface is that once a page has been downloaded to the client, the connection to the server is severed. Any attempt at a dynamic interface involves a full roundtrip of the whole page back to the server for a rebuild--a process which tends to make your web app feel inelegant and unre

AJAX accessibility for websites

AJAX or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is an innovative way of using existing technologies to create highly interactive web applications. AJAX allows portions of the page to be updated without having to refresh and reload the entire page. It can increase site performance significantly and provide cutting edge user interfa

Why Ajax may be the future of Web services

One of the most important new Web-based technologies has lived an underground life of sorts for years, only to suddenly become extremely popular, mainly due to applications built with it on Google and other sites. It's called Ajax and it's a programming technique for creating rich, Web-based applications that look and work like desktop software, even though they are browser-based and use few resources. That same technology will eventually power the front ends to Web services and SOAs,