Re: do not say AJAX

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:03:52 +0100, in comp.lang.javascript , "ivan"
<ivan@tiscali.it> in <438da338$0$338$5fc30a8@news.tiscali.it> wrote:

>AJAX is a stupid and confusing word.
>People is wondering for something that programmers have used for many years.
>Javascript + Xml and asynchronous requests is not new. People started to
>speak about AJAX a lot after XmlHttpRequest was introduced, so AJAX cant'be
>Javasript+xml+xmlhttprequest.
>But if you still think so, you can't anyway call this AJAX. What is new with
>xmlhttprequest is the possibility to perform a synchronous request! (but
>incredibly AJAX stay for Asynchrous+JavaScript+XML).
>So AJAX is really a bad word, don't use it here, we are programmers not end
>users to wonder with mythological words.
>
Am I the only one who said "AJAX, AJAX, AJAX" to himself. And then
checked around to make sure no ghostly can of scouring powder showed
up.

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