Dizque

Alex Boxworth da su punto de vista sobre dónde usar y dónde no usar Ajax en 10 Places You Must Use Ajax (diciembre de 2005). Una lectura interesante de la que quiero señalar dos cositas.

Dónde sí

Voting, Yes/No boxes, Ratings submissions.

It’s really too bad there are no consistent UI cues for Ajax submission, because submitting a vote or a yes/no response is so much less painful when the submission is handled through Ajax. By reducing the time and impact of clicking on things, Ajax applications become a lot more interactive - if it takes a 40 seconds to register a vote, most people would probably pass unless they really care. If it takes 1 second to vote, a much larger percentage of people are likely to vote. (I have 2008 movie ratings on Netflix versus 210 ratings on IMDb.com).

Completamente de acuerdo. El sistema de votación a base de Ajax en Menéame, por citar un ejemplo, lo pone tan fácil que no dejo de votar por falta de tiempo o ganas.

Por cierto, los diez lugares donde usar Ajax se quedan en seis. Mosquis. Me recuerda aquello de «Los cuatro continentes son tres, Europa y Asia».

Dónde no

En LiveSearch.

Search.

LiveSearch on blogs is more annoying than useful. There’s a reason that Google Suggest is staying in beta and not going on the front page of Google. Searching on Start.com Live.com doesn’t allow use of the back button to see a previous search, or previous pages. Maybe it’s possible that no one has gotten this right yet, but getting this right is hard enough that it’s generally not a good idea, or more trouble that it’s worth.

Amén.

En fin, recomiendo la lectura del articulito en cuestión.