Re: AJAX and PHP

> > Alain: >> >> The only difference the user experiences between having AJAX, or not, is >> refreshing the page. If page refresh is not a problem, then don't complicate >> your life. On the other hand, if page refresh is annoying, or not wanted, >> then AJAX is you're only solution. >> >> But as it has been said before, not all users have javascript turned on >> and as such AJAX will not work -- after all, it javascript. >> >> However, there are way to degrade gracefully from a AJAX site to a normal >> site. Google >> javascript graceful degradation" for references. >> >> Please note, going the AJAX route does not make your coding simpler -- >> it's a different critter. But it does (with help from jQuery et al) offer >> exciting new ways to present data. >> >> Cheers, >> >> tedd >> >> > this is a standard response for me recently; but have you looked in to > using flex 3 to build the clientside? > > additionally ajax's main benefit (in my mind) is that it allows you to pull > down/update only the data you need, and not the whole page - often this > means you can skip out a large part of the templating and make the php > server side scripts so much lighter; very beneficial when polling. Other > than that, as everyone has mentioned - it's mainly a cosmetic thing. > > -- > nathan ( nathan@kraya.co.uk ) Without mixing themes (flex in PHP forum) flex is similar to AS3, no ?