Comments on: Ajax and Usability

By: basstradamus

basstradamus — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:10:33 +0000

And I almost forgott, fuck the IFRAME, that is really unprofesional.

By: basstradamus

basstradamus — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:08:03 +0000

AJAX is a great tool for web applications. It’s like a nuclear power, if you now how to use it you will not bring disaster. But we have to remember that robots do not like AJAX :). That’s the reason why I am using AJAX in web applications not much on web sites.

Enjoy AJAX

By: vxcvxcvxw

vxcvxcvxw — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:56:17 +0000

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By: Beth Dean

Beth Dean — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:27:44 +0000

Phil, I agree. That’s part of Flash’s downfall, is because it’s so misused users who ordinarily would have no idea what technology they’re viewing a page with respond “Oh Flash, eew, I’d better click AdBlock.” Ajax should be subtle and enhance the user’s experience so much so they don’t even know it’s there.

By: Marko

Marko — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:30:34 +0000

I use ajax and it’s fine It mesesup some things in other browsers , make people kinda iritating a bit but overall it’s fine and the problems are capable of fixing with some extra time.o and I got to agree on what phil said there also!

By: Phil Renaud

Phil Renaud — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:34:41 +0000

Ajax wonâ€™t kill a site, poor application will.

Same as any emerging web technology, I suppose. There is plenty of room for the design community to experiment, but Ajax, like most emerging technologies, should facilitate the net-use of everyday surfers without necessarily them even being aware of it.

For example, some study posted recently said that 70% of RSS/Atom feedreader users did not know that what they were using was called RSS/Atom, or how it worked, or anything. They simply used it, it became an integrated part of their web experience.

Ajax needs to be the same way; content is still king, and we’d be wise to use Ajax to facilitate content to the user’s end, not our own.

Great article, by the way.