Dion Hinchcliffe, at his Web 2.0 blog, always has something interesting to say. This time, its a round-up of the latest links and information on AJAX, entitled The Incredible Ongoing Story Of AJAX:
Ajax has been the other big software story of 2005, along with Web 2.0. An optional ingredient to Web 2.0 software, Ajax has changed the perception of Web-based software as being horribly clunky, page-oriented, and boring when compared to native computer applications. Ajax describes a set of techniques that makes Web software quite the opposite. A quick visit to Google Maps and its live scrollable map tiles or NetVibes and its drag-and-drop reorganization of your personal data both show how potent and compelling Ajax techniques really are.
He goes on to provide a bevy of links to many different AJAX topics.
I personally have not investigated AJAX yet. I've used Google Maps, and some of the other sites that are “AJAX-enabled”, and I do like the interface provided by those sites. I've just not gotten myself to a point where I can sit down and try and crank out a sample out. I'm really interested in Microsoft's Atlas, which is supposed to plug into VS2005. More than likely, when I do finally start to play with this, that is the direction I'll go.