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Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications

@inproceedings{Garrett2007AjaxAN,
  title={Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications},
  author={Jesse James Garrett},
  year={2007}
}
Despite this, Web interaction designers can’t help but feel a little envious of our colleagues who create desktop software. Desktop applications have a richness and responsiveness that has seemed out of reach on the Web. The same simplicity that enabled the Web’s rapid proliferation also creates a gap between the experiences we can provide and the experiences users can get from a desktop application. 
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