Rich Ajax slide shows with DHTML and XML 
(Jack Herrington) If the Web 2.0 revolution has one buzzword, it's Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax). The client-side interactivity in applications such as Google Maps™ mapping service and Gmail™ webmail service make Ajax both exciting and useful. The technologies of Ajax, including Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), JavaScript coding, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), XML, and asynchronous Web requests, can create far more compelling Web interactions than those we saw in Web V1.0. Of course, these technologies have been around since Microsoft® Internet Explorer® V4, but only recently have other high-profile applications displayed the benefits.
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