Web 2.x and Beyond – Instant response
August 23rd, 2006 | by Kennith |
What I mean of instant response is not in the case of how quickly a site response from a request in this case, I am focus on the UI of the site.
We are trained to have things move naturally, I would say web pages we have now does not move naturally. When I click on a link, no matter how fast my Internet connection nor my computer speed is, I see a short second of blank. Even though it’s so short that it does not bother me, but it is unnatual. When was the last time you were reaching to pick up a pen and the pen gone blank for a second and then the next thing you know it is in front of you?
With XMLHttpRequest(), it sort of make things look more natural. Take an example of digg.com , when a user click “digg it”, it won’t bring you another page or go blank for a second. It simply changes the link name from “digg it” to “digged” as well as how many users has “digg”-ed the story. It is more intuitive and natural to our real world.
Take another example, if you are an ebay user, in my.ebay.com page you will see how unnatural it is when you are customizing your my.ebay.com appearance.
This will conclude my series of Web 2.x and beyond. Web 2.x style will be the trend and there are many tools to make such sites much easier. Make your site like a web 2.x style and make the World Web Web easier to navigate.