3 ms·
It was so amazing when XMLHttpRequest was a somewhat obscure thing, and they had fully interactive maps while the rest of the world was Mapquest, and "click" "n
by basch 7y ago
It was so amazing when XMLHttpRequest was a somewhat obscure thing, and they had fully interactive maps while the rest of the world was Mapquest, and "click" "new page" "click" "new page" to be able to scroll and have new images load. I think google jumping on the AJAX train and trailblazing is under credited in the history of their rise.
Thank you Microsoft and OWA teams for inventing XMLHttpRequest. Anyone coming into web/development now missed the evolutionary leap from HTML to DHTML/AJAX. Google owes the OWA team a thank you for sneaking that feature in under the radar.
- nexuist 7y agoAs someone on here aptly described it, AJAX was a "historic own goal" by Microsoft, who was desperately attempting to separate IE from all other browsers by giving it unique features.
- basch 7y agoMy understanding was, the IE team didnt really want (or know about or understand) XMLHttpRequest, and the Outlook team snuck it in last minute.