I Fear Ajax.
Ajax, Asynchronous Javascript and XML. I have great admiration for what's been accomplished with it- Google Maps is slick and Outlook Web Access gets the job done. The problem is that my admiration is more for the obstacles that have been overcome than any interface innovations that have been introduced. It's the same thing as watching some assembly programs and what can be accomplished in a 64kb executable.
My fear of Ajax is that there is no better solution. Is this what UI design has come to? Is this the pinnacle of technology? Maybe I should just let go of the desire for 'the one' web interface technology. HTML, Flash, XUL, Ajax, Java, XAML- just figure out the need and decide on the technology. And hope your needs don't change.
Ajax, Asynchronous Javascript and XML. I have great admiration for what's been accomplished with it- Google Maps is slick and Outlook Web Access gets the job done. The problem is that my admiration is more for the obstacles that have been overcome than any interface innovations that have been introduced. It's the same thing as watching some assembly programs and what can be accomplished in a 64kb executable.
My fear of Ajax is that there is no better solution. Is this what UI design has come to? Is this the pinnacle of technology? Maybe I should just let go of the desire for 'the one' web interface technology. HTML, Flash, XUL, Ajax, Java, XAML- just figure out the need and decide on the technology. And hope your needs don't change.
posted by pete blois at 10/02/2005
1 Comments:
The other "scary" thing about Ajax is that in this age of multiple bindings for everything it's wedded to one language -- Javascript.
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