So that feels like saying ASP.NET AJAX was way ahead of the game. And in some ways it was. And in other ways you had this massive __VIEWSTATE hidden input fiel

So that feels like saying ASP.NET AJAX was way ahead of the game. And in some ways it was. And in other ways you had this massive __VIEWSTATE hidden input field that would have to be sent in order to recreate state. But I will say, it was very cool technology at the time.