<quote who="Matthew Palmer">

> AJAX itself is a pretty simple concept -- you make HTTP requests via
> JavaScript in the browser via an XmlHttpRequest object, and then parse the
> results and do crazy crap with it.

This is an important thing to remember - AJAX is *not* just dynamic HTML. If
someone asks you to "make it all pretty with AJAX", start wondering why the
person finds HTTP transfer of XML so attractive (and why they're giving you
such a difficult design brief).

- Jeff

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