The third jQuery article I wrote for InformIT covers the jQuery Ajax support. It describes simple Ajax calls that insert HTML fragments into the current web page, processing of XML responses, and global AJAX events that display the loading indicator.
Showing posts with label AJAX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AJAX. Show all posts
Web 2.0 is not necessarily a good thing
A sane voice in the Web-2.0-crazy world: Jacob Nielsen analyzes the impact of AJAX on web usability (beyond the cool factor) and its impact on the bottom line.
High-performance AJAX
Julien Lecomte has shared an excellent presentation describing how to create high-performance AJAX applications. Highly recommended reading :)
Enhance Your AJAX Applications with Visual Cues
In the Enhance Your AJAX Applications with Visual Cues article published by InformIT, I'm describing various techniques you can use to help your users get the most out of your AJAX application.
Create your own animated …loading… indicator
I've needed a copyright-free animated GIF that I could use as a rotating wheel in my “Loading, please wait” overlay DIV. Asking Google about loading animation returned www.ajaxload.info as the first hit. It turned out to be an excellent web site that builds you an animated GIF with foreground and background colors you specify out of more than a dozen templates. Highly recommended ;)
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