Ajax Sucks Article Makes the Rounds
December 7th, 2005I nearly got played today. Slashdot DID get played today.
Basically, Chris McEvoy took this and substituted “Frames” with AJAX. I believe Chris was trying to make a point with the article, but it’s mostly untrue.
There are several ways to get around the navigation and usability issues that CAN crop up in AJAX applications when you don’t reload the page or assign unique URLs. On his blog, Chris complains about the usability issues with Microsoft’s Windows Live AJAX project, and it’s a valid complaint.
The problem is, joke or not, this is leading people to believe there’s no way to fix those problems, when there are several ways out there.
Ahwell. If people are suckered in, I guess it’s their own fault.