Regardless of everything ActiveResource is or isn't, I am very sad to see Rails lose its out-of-the-box web service client. ActiveResource is an 80% solution w

Regardless of everything ActiveResource is or isn't, I am very sad to see Rails lose its out-of-the-box web service client. ActiveResource is an 80% solution which really deserved to have that last 20% filled in. That said, I'm excited for something better to get traction.