google personalized home page search

z4dll · 07-20-2006, 12:14 PM

didn't really know where to put this simple question, so decided to put it here... does anybody know what technology google uses for their personalized home page? (the one where you can add rss feeds, and check your weather) is that ajax or what? how can those boxes be moved around? thanks

Randy · 07-20-2006, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by z4dll

didn't really know where to put this simple question, so decided to put it here... does anybody know what technology google uses for their personalized home page? (the one where you can add rss feeds, and check your weather) is that ajax or what? how can those boxes be moved around? thanks

Well yes, the "boxes being moved around" as you describe it is the work of AJAX - but I wouldn't necessarily descibe AJAX as a technology; it's more of a combination of the JavaScript and XML technologies.

z4dll · 07-20-2006, 01:24 PM

you are right. it is a combination of those and more. thanks Randy.

finety · 07-22-2006, 05:15 AM

I considere ajax as a technologie javascript based.brbrYou don't need xml for it.

andrew247 · 07-22-2006, 10:55 AM

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You don't need xml for it.

However, you do need a structured response from the server.
XML is one way [and an established way] of getting a structured response from the server.

wasim_at_drushti · 08-08-2006, 03:22 AM

pAsynchronous JavaScript and XML Using an enhancement in
JavaScript that allows Web pages to be more interactive and behave like local
applications, which are also known as "rich client" applications. AJAX allows
the Web page to retrieve small amounts of data from the server without reloading
the entire page.
/ppPrior to AJAX, any retrieval of data from the server required that the entire
Web page be refreshed in the user's computer. As a result, systems were often
designed with less interaction; for example, to have the user submit a form only
at the end, after all fields were filled in. In contrast, AJAX systems can
validate one or two items at a time "behind the scenes" without making the
session cumbersome, especially over slow connections. AJAX, also known as
"remote scripting," allows Web-based applications to be designed like LAN-based
applications./p

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