Here I will list some of my thoughts on some of the best AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) sites out there. The one page I spend most of my time is Netvibes.com so that seems a really good place to start.
Now I know everyone one at some point without knowing it comes accross an RSS feed. Every single news site you read from CNN to the BBC use RSS feeds so you can get updates from those sites anywhere, most people use desktop feedreaders to import multiple feeds. You would in turn get a little beep and a flashing icon in the bottom of your screen everytime any of your feeds was updated. A good way to stay on top of the news of your choice.
Now Netvibes takes this desktop reader and puts it on a web application. No downloading or anything just login. You have different tabs and they have a wide selections of feeds there that you can explore. You have different feeds categorized under different tabs. My tabs include… General, Tech/Web, Linux/Unix, Business, Science, Podcast and blogs.
Just a note there are other applications like this such as pageflakes and prototype but netvibes has the best features from what I’ve seen so far. It being AJAX I can move these little feeds around the screen and organize them to as far as my mind will allow. Its worth checkin out. http://netvibes.com
Ever been to a library or maybe at a friends house and you find you have no access to AIM? Meebo.com is an AJAX IM page where you are not required to download anything and it will log you into ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo and more. Perfect for if you need to log on quick and your no where near your home computer. Check out Meebo.com
RainBow 9
This one is for web developers. Its a HTML, CSS, Javascript editor for your browser. Allows you to preview and publish anything you create, you just have to register for an account. Check out http://rainbow9.org/
I’m not a big fan, or at least not yet of online office application but google has a nice little app called writely. Which if I had to use an online word processor I guess this would be it. Also has a spreadsheet application. Although AJAX is just simply to slow for this type of user interaction. Check out http://docs.google.com/
I do think AJAX is the future of web applications. If anyone else knows of any other cool ajax web apps, please let me know!
