20 January 2007
WebFX was my first encounter of XmlHttpRequest.
I just finished reading a post over at JD's blog, on "Origins of XmlHttpRequest". I followed the link to a guy well respected world wide for his contribution to software development, Alex Hopmman.
For me, my first encounter with the XmlHttpRequest API was via WebFX.eae.net. I remember it as it was around that time that HyperOffice (used to be called WebOS.com) was being built and on display. It was this crazy idea that you could have a virtual Operating System inside a browser using HTML and JavaScript mixed with some server-side goodness (Go figure).
This to me was the first memorable intance of RIA as I was blown away by how complex it all seemed.
I'm still a big fan of Erik & Emil's work, and check out his blog from time to time. I think Erik & Emil are now over at Google no doubt doing some amazing things inside the AJAX space. I interviewd Erik & Emil over at my other blog called MossyBlog.com - (I'm yet to figure out what to do in terms of merging the two) and still firmly believe these two were the source of inspiration behind AJAX (GMAPS + GMAIL) - but I can't substantiate that claim with facts/timelines.
Click on either Alex Hopmmans post on XmlHttpRequest, Eriks Blog, Emils Blog, WebFX or my Interview with Erik.
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About scbarnes
Scott Barnes currently is a Rich Platform Product Manager (WPF & Silverlight). He has been working with Adobe/Macromedia technology for the past 10 years with a main focus specifically on Internet Applications (aka. RIA, Rich Client Technology etc).
Scott first started out as a graphic designer in the late 90’s and over the years developed a passion for programmatic art (Designer + Developer mind). He recently has branched out further into 3D modelling and animation making full use of both his designer + developer mindset.
"..The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man..." - George Bernard Shaw
