Advantages of using Ajax
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The application is based on open standards and is backed by many browsers and platforms;
so no fears of vendor lock-in.
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Google Maps is based on
Ajax applications
and was preferred over MapQuest. Application. The success of Google maps demonstrates
the fact that
Ajax application
was liked by the users. The application aids in requesting small bits of information
from the server instead of whole pages.
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IE and Mozilla-based FireFox are build
AJAX Web applications,
but now
AJAX-based rich Internet applications
can work on most modern Web browsers.
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AJAX standards, has been unofficially around for several years,
so switching over from HTML and form-based applications to rich AJAX style applications
won't be much of a problem.
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Developers have come up with some really great software by combining both AJAX
and Flash in agreement.
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Fortune 500 enterprises including major financial institutions, government agencies,
airlines, and other major industries have taken to AJAX.
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AJAX interfaces are vital components of many Web 2.0 applications.
For instance both Backpack to Google Maps are using it.
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It's perfectly suited to any standard Web server and server-side language. PHP, ASP, Microsoft ASP.NET, Perl,
JSP, Cold Fusion, and so forth.
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Got a Web application that asks the user to move from page to page and therefore
needs to be improved? That's a job for AJAX.
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