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> At some point they were just giving the AJAX name to anything javascript related They shipped the ASP.NET Ajax Control Toolkit back in ~2008, when "Ajax" was
by paulirish 12y ago
> At some point they were just giving the AJAX name to anything javascript related
They shipped the ASP.NET Ajax Control Toolkit back in ~2008, when "Ajax" was generally synonymous with "JavaScript". Google's CDN was called the "AJAX Libraries CDN" until just a few years ago. It happens.
- BigChiefSmokem 12y agoAs I recall, the ASP.NET Ajax Control Toolkit did just that - it enabled AJAX functionality in WebForms. Also, JavaScript is a first-class citizen in WinRT so I'm sure Oracle is getting some money from Microsoft for the brand.
- girvo 12y agoI... I must be silly, but what does Oracle have to do with it?
- xtrumanx 12y agoJavaScript is a trademark owned by Oracle. They got it when they bought Sun. I don't think that they can capitalize on that trademark now though.
- mark-r 12y agoFor a moment I thought you were confusing Java with Javascript, but I see you're right. I hope this link is persistent: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4807:agdawj.2.2 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4807:agd...
- Pxtl 12y agoMost of the commonly-used functionality in Ajax Control toolkit were things like the date-picker, various animated widgets, and making the deployment guy scream and pull his hair out. The actual ajax-side of it was rarely used, in my experience.