[thelist] Flash experts? Flash and Ajax?

[Robert Gormley]

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> From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
> bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Matt Warden
> Sent: Saturday, 24 December 2005 3:41 PM
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> Subject: Re: [thelist] Flash experts? Flash and Ajax?

> "AJAX" has been around for seven years. Don't let the recent uproar
make
> you think it's something new.

My favourite is those (esp. on Slashdot, where I know you reside, Matt
;) ) who say things like "See, if Micro$oft (sic) had given us something
like this, we could have been building more intricate applications years
ago!"

(Note for the unaware: xmlHttpRequest was introduced into Internet
Explorer primarily as part of a drive to make Outlook Web Access more
interactive, IIRC)