Posted by rlee0001 on 03/09/06 13:03

There are compatibility problems with AJAX between IE and firefox and
with older browsers. Just echo-ing the content to the client is the
most portable method. For example I have noscript installed so your
site will not work at all for me if it relies on AJAX for critical
content.

As more and more users become annoyed by abusive/intrusive javascripts,
more and more of them will use noscript or similar functions to disable
scripts and other objects. Javascript should be used for helper
functions like setting input focus on a form input element on page
load, submitting a form when the user presses enter in a textarea,
validating a form on the client side (perhaps assisted by AJAX), or
even for navigation menus. But in all these cases, the site should
still work fine with scripts disabled.

-Robert

[Back to original message]