AJAX spurs Web rebirth for desktop apps

[mandy]

Slicker development techniques like AJAX, a way of building interactive browser-based applications, are fueling a surge in consumer Web applications.

The launch of high-profile Web services, notably Google Maps, which provided a noticeably better user experience than traditional Web sites, helped publicize the AJAX technique. Now, dozens of start-up companies are using it to create hosted versions of desktop applications, from word processors to project management software.

..But not until recently--around the time the term AJAX was coined in February--have a large number of developers and entrepreneurs grasped the new opportunities AJAX presented.

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