AJAX-powered Web apps disappoint power users, Forrester says - computerworld article

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Performance issues and complexity hobbling attempts to use rich AJAX apps for daily work.

March 24, 2008 (Computerworld) Most power users are disappointed with the performance of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) based on Asynchronous JavaScript with XML, or AJAX, according to a new research report from Forrester Research Inc.

As a result of the AJAX limitations, the research firm recommended that business users consider emerging next-generation RIA technologies like Adobe AIR from Adobe Systems Inc. and  Microsoft Corp.'s Silverlight tool set.

According to the report, which was released late last week, power users find that AJAX applications are very complex and their reaction time is limited. The reaction time and general speed of user interaction is always limited with AJAX business applications, the report said.

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