AJAX and AFLAX: Difference between revisions
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"Flash 8 is required. AFLAX is only possible because of advances in the Flash 8 player" | "Flash 8 is required. AFLAX is only possible because of advances in the Flash 8 player" and '''there is no Flashplayer 8 for Linux'''. So I am ignoring AFLAX for now. :-( | ||
[http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7130?wlg=yes Some cogent comments] from an oreillynet blogger, especially from the peanut gallery, pros and cons. Note these comment refer to FlashPlayer 7... | [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7130?wlg=yes Some cogent comments] from an oreillynet blogger, especially from the peanut gallery, pros and cons. Note these comment refer to FlashPlayer 7... | ||
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer | http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer | ||
Revision as of 18:20, 3 February 2006
AJAX
AJAX = "asynchronous javascript and xml"
- 'asynchronous' means the client can send requests to the server whenever it needs more data.
- 'javascript' means the client runs in any recent browser
- 'and' is a conjunction
- 'xml' is the communications protocol
The portal site for AJAX information: http://ajaxian.com/
AFLAX
AFLAX is like AJAX but uses FlashPlayer on the client.
From what I read on the AFLAX site I don't need to use any proprietary development tools.
"Flash 8 is required. AFLAX is only possible because of advances in the Flash 8 player" and there is no Flashplayer 8 for Linux. So I am ignoring AFLAX for now. :-(
Some cogent comments from an oreillynet blogger, especially from the peanut gallery, pros and cons. Note these comment refer to FlashPlayer 7...
