Posted by Ivan Marsh on 07/31/06 15:26

On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:13:04 +0200, Rik wrote:

> Vincent Delporte wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:51:36 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
>>> The number one thing is understanding the difference between
>>> client-side and server-side.
>>
>> With AJAX, there's no such thing ;-)
>
> Oh yes there is, and no little difference at that. There's a lot
> different in posting/getting information over HTTP (or any other
> protocol) and a local application.
>
> It seems it's more userfriendly/doesn't take that much trips to the
> server and back (*) using the capabilities from AJAX, that's true. AJAX
> is usefull in some cases, but hardly the holy grail here.
>
> (*) From the users standpoint. Normally there's even more traffic going
> on when people are using ajax, only not on specific request from the
> user.

Indeed... AJAX changes nothing about the client-side/server-side dynamic.
Just because you're making a server-side call asynchronously doesn't mean
you're not making a server-side call.

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