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[nycphp-talk] So who's using Ajax anway?

Cliff Hirsch cliff at pinestream.com
Fri Nov 10 15:03:58 EST 2006


And regarding media, for an image heavy page, aren't most images cached
by the local browser anyway? As long as the user isn't flushing his
porn.

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On 11/10/06, Kenneth Downs <ken at secdat.com> wrote:

> Methinks you will always do better if you assume limited bandwidth.
> Sort of a penny-saved-is-a-penny-earned thing, no?
>

One of the best things about XMLHttpRequest is that it frees us from
having to transmit fully-formed HTML pages on each request, which is
great for limited bandwidth. The client asks for just the pieces it
needs.

On the other hand, the bulk of a page's content is often not markup or
textual data, but attached media. You don't need (or want)
XMLHttpRequest for that -- you can dynamically add DOM elements (or
tweak existing src attributes) as required for just-in-time media
delivery.

-- 
Chris Snyder
http://chxo.com/
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