Top Ten Reasons AJAX is Here to Stay

"It's an understatement to say that AJAX is hot right now. There's a lot of hype; no one can argue that. It went from a geek buzzword in February to being profiled on CNN in October. So, let's look at why AJAX is here now, and why it's going to continue to grow and will definitely still be around for a while. Let's start at the top. AJAX is based on open standards supported by many browsers and platforms; this means there's no fear of vendor lock-in. Most of the technologies that make up AJAX have been used extensively for years. These aren't hot, new, untested technologies that will only work most of the time. Browsers are a trusted application platform for most users and enterprises now; this wasn't the case five years ago. One of the turning points for AJAX was the Mozilla 1.0 release that FireFox is based on and supported the XML HTTP Request Object. This allowed the same asynchronous data transfer that had been possible in IE for years. That support and FireFox's rapid adoption really helped people understand that cross-browser rich Internet applications were possible." Source: developer.com