AJAX
While the software installed on PC hard drives is unlikely to get dumped anytime soon, there’s a good chance that people will be computing less via traditional desktop applications and more via Internet browsers in the future. A principal reason for the shift is AJAX, a technology that promises to give web pages the look and response of programs that run on your local computer. AJAX and similar new web technologies promise to recreate the Internet by allowing people to interact with web pages as they do with the software installed on their PCs. What challenges face this emerging technology and how might it affect the way we use computers in the future?
Published: March 2007
Price: $29.95