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Technophiles are bored with the Web. Standards like HTML and JavaScript are managed by big, bureaucratic organizations and change at a glacial pace. Enter Ajax, the hot new combination of existing Web technologies that leaves the click-and-wait Web paradigm in the dust and enables sleek online apps that feel more like thick client software than Web pages — all without running afoul of the standards police. But, the hype about Ajax is unfortunately overblown: Technical limitations, missing standards, and narrow applicability make it more like a different flavor of Java Applets than a complete Web revolution.

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