Ajax is a combination of several technologies that promises to make browser based applications more interactive. But will it be enough to counter the claim that Windows based Smart Clients provide the best possible interface and user experience in an Internet world? We want to know what you think?

Ajax is the combination of several technologies including

• standards-based presentation using XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  
• dynamic display and interaction using the Document Object Model
  
• data interchange and manipulation using XML and XSLT
  
• asynchronous data retrieval using XMLHttpRequest
  
• and JavaScript binding everything together

Google is championing Ajax with its implementation of Google Maps as well as Google Suggest. But Microsoft is pushing .NET powered Smart Clients as the best interface for Internet deployed applications.

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