Ajax webmail – roundcube
Here is another webclient application using Ajax.
“http://www.roundcube.net/”:http://www.roundcube.net/
This blows away current gmail and once-attempted-flash-client-webmail application. That is great to see RIA starting to appear. For web application like that, AJax fits to the category as a proper technology. Why is it good(better)? My reason is obvious.
PERFORMANCE!
Ajax is a good organized javascript framework basically but also nothing more than that. However, what makes Ajax distinct to flash is its performance. Ajax’s performance is browser’s performance except transaction and query of data.
I’m not saying that Flash can not do what Ajax can do. What I point out is that Flash has its own place and so does Ajax.
When flash is not appropriate, developers should be able to tell why it is not. When Ajax is not appropriate, they should be able to tell why it is not again.
