Books were the original model for website design. Navigation was similar to flipping the pages. Thanks to AJAX, many state‑of‑the‑art websites now behave like desktop applications.
The standards for an impressive Internet presentation have changed substantially since Tim Berners-Lee created the first web pages. Internet sites increasingly remind the surfer of interactive desktop applications rather than printed material. AJAX is a technology based on JavaScript that adds convenience, with pull-down menus, sortable tables, and interactive input pages. The main improvement is the absence of delays typically experienced while pages reloaded.
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