AJAX seems to be flavour of the month while everyone makes up their lists of what was significant in 2005 or will be in 2006. Rachel mentions it here and here and TallSkinnyKiwi here and here.
So for all of you out there looking for how to distinguish an ordinary household cleaner from Asynchronous JavaScript and XML here are some helpful links:
- State of Ajax: Progress, Challenges, and Implications for SOAs (web2.wsj2.com).
- The Incredible Ongoing Story of Ajax (web2.wsj2.com).
- Ajax (programming) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Web 2.0 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Review of the Year’s Best Web 2.0 Explanations (web2.wsj2.com)
Updated – See also Cre8d-design blog: What is AJAX?