# Tuesday, March 22, 2005

This guy didn't invent AJAX

But he did name it. And I think it works:

Q. Why did you feel the need to give this a name?

A. I needed something shorter than “Asynchronous+JavaScript+CSS+DOM+XMLHttpRequest” to use when discussing this approach with clients.

[ adaptive path ajax: a new approach to web applications ]

Props to Gibson for pointing out the "new" name for this approach.

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#    Comments [10] |
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:27:56 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
For the record I HATE the name AJAX and the fact that someone popularized the name of what is essentially a wrapper for XMLHTTPRequest. I liked XMLHTTPRequest even tho it's a bitch to say. It describes the actual technique, not a name that someone may not be familiar with...
Doug Gibson
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:30:06 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I'm confused. "Props to Doug" would indicate to me that Gibson mentioned this to you. However, I don't see any mention of ColdFusion...
Nate
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:34:43 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Just remember how much JavaScript and CSS you learned from me, punk. Or do you even remember what they ARE anymore, "Mr. non-coding manager girliemon"?
Doug Gibson
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:46:25 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Do you want me to fire you?
Nate
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:50:55 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
"girliemon", is that Nate's Pokemon character? His power move is to sit you down in a meeting and fire you while lamenting the days gone by of once doing real work.
Alex
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:52:56 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
LMAO.
Doug Gibson
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:55:24 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
More likely Digimon. Post Pokémon don't have mon on the end of their name.

(Iman likes that stuff...)

[Really...]
Kearns
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:59:05 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
So what you are saying is, if I can't find Nate, he is probably hanging out with Asian kids playing Digimon? Makes sense.
Alex
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:00:18 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Either that or cleaning with some Ajax at home, ahhh, the discussion has come full circle, to some extent.
Alex
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:52:10 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
0xDECAFBAD has an interesting musing/rant on the subject: http://www.decafbad.com/blog/2005/03/22/one_hundred_words_for_snow
Joe Grossberg
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