[FX.php List] Which AJAX implementation do you guys use?

[Dale Bengston]

That's a good distinction. I have written my own AJAX functions to  
talk to FX.PHP. On the screen, I'm using Scriptaculous to do effects  
here and there, but I'm not using its AJAX components.

Dale


On Mar 7, 2007, at 4:36 PM, Kevin Futter wrote:

> On 8/3/07 9:14 AM, "Andy Gaunt" <andy at fmpug.com> wrote:
>
>> Gjermund,
>>
>> FMPug uses Lajax (we were involved in the creation with Lance).  
>> This is a
>> very simple AJAX method mainly focused on pushing the data and not  
>> the
>> effects side.
>>
>> Pages using this include the FileMaker Feature Requests, Business  
>> Directory
>> and Friends of the Pug.
>>
>> We also use Prototype and Scriptaculous on other sites which need  
>> more of
>> the effects side.
>
> AJAX doesn't really have an 'effects side' - it's not what AJAX is  
> about.
> 'Effects' are just standard JavaScript; AJAX refers specifically to  
> the
> functionality of making a server-side request and page refresh  
> without a
> page reload, all done in JS via the XMLHttpRequest object. If it  
> doesn't do
> that, then it's just DHTML with a new paint job. (Hence, Jquery is  
> not an
> 'AJAX library', but a JS framework that incorporates AJAX  
> functionality).
>
> Good overview here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX
>
> -- 
> Kevin Futter
> Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
> http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/
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