Posted by Michael on 11/05/07 00:36

Onideus Mad Hatter wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:18:20 -0400, "Jean Pierre Daviau"
> <Once@WasEno.ugh> wrote:
>
>> Bonjour à tous,
>>
>> I no nothing about ajax. I understand php, C, Java and
>> JavaScript.
>
> AJAX is just a techno buzz word, it doesn't really have any meaning in
> most conversations (when being used by wannabes and poser class
> dipshits). It's basically a site that relies heavily on javascript,
> XML and CSS and is often dynamic in nature.

AJAX is not a techno 'buzz' word. It is an acronym that stands for
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. I would say it is ALWAYS dynamic in
nature, as AJAX would not make sense on a static site.

An AJAX site does not need to rely heavily on CSS at all. How ever Web
Developers may choose to assign CSS classes by Javascript, to achieve a
combination of transition effects, or UI feedback. For example,
highlighting invalid content in a field.

>
> The concept of AJAX was actually ripped off and dumbed down from
> existing concepts, like my "living site" designs (aka God level
> coding). Basically the intent is to make a site that acts like a
> living creature and will react and change depending on user
> interaction. So if you say click on a link it will change the
> existing content within itself, rather than taking you to a different
> page.
>

Your an idiot. Living Creature? No one ripped you off, no one ripped
anyone off, it has been around for sometime, and is just a term for a
general way of doing something. BTW, Microsoft invented the
XMLHttpRequest and used it for Outlook Web Access. This is 7 and a bit
years ago. Considering your site was registered 21 May 2003, I fail to
see how you came up with this first.

Also, I fail to see how you were planning to do all of this without
Microsoft inventing the technology and Netscape expanding it, and other
browsers incorporating it.

> As I said though, that concept was stolen (and not just from me) and
> then dumbed down to specific languages/forms. The concept was NEVER
> intended to be exclusive to any specific language forms, although most
> early sites in that form used a lot of javascript/CSS/XML. At this
> point, most developers who actually know what the hell it is they're
> doing are using a combination of Flash/CSS/XML and PHP to construct
> their sites.
>

I repeat, your an idiot, your Flash sites are HORRIBLE.

> The other problem with AJAX, is that beyond the fact that it's a
> ripped off and watered down concept, it has become a techno-babble
> buzz word, meaning it's often abused and misused by the clueless and
> poser class wannabes of the world. I would estimate that a good 90%+
> of all the people throwing that word around have absolutely no fuckin
> clue at all as to what it even pertains to.
>

It's easy to determine if something is AJAX or not. I would estimate any
project that claims to use AJAX most likely DOES use AJAX, or
Asynchronous Javascript, or a very similar method. However, I'd say you
are definitely in the 90% of people who don't know what they are talking
about. You are the biggest troll in this group. Maybe your thinking Web 2.0?

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