12 perfect cases for Ajax

Over at JRoller.com Mats has posted 12 perfect cases for the use of Ajax. He gives an explanation for all of the twelve cases along with some examples.

I’ve spent quite some time creating a 2 hour long Ajax course in Swedish. At the end of the course I list 12 cases where I think Ajax is a perfect fit, inspired by Alex Bosworth’s 10 Places You Must Use Ajax, which really only has 6 cases. Well, here is my list. I know some of the cases are closely related, and some of them may be out of order when you try them out. Well, at least I’m trying!

• Rating, voting, yes/no
• Input suggestions.
• Direct validation of form data.
• Status area.
• Automatic update.
• Microlink.
• Live form.
• Active Search.
• Data navigation.
• Panning maps or large pictures.
• Filtering data.
• Chat.

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