Restoring Conventional Browser Navigation to AJAX Applications
Find out how to give AJAX applications better browser navigation functionality and allow users to set bookmarks.
by Gautam Kumar Singh
October 3, 2007
any developers have adopted AJAX as a way to develop rich web applications that are almost as interactive and responsive as desktop applications. AJAX works by dividing the web UI into different segments. A user can perform an operation on one segment and then start working on other segments without waiting for the first operation to finish.
But AJAX has a major disadvantage; it breaks standard browser behavior, such as Back, Forward, and bookmarking support. Rather than forcing users to adapt to AJAX's shortcomings, developers should make their AJAX applications comply with the traditional web interaction style, providing the following usability features:
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any developers have adopted AJAX as a way to develop rich web applications that are almost as interactive and responsive as desktop applications. AJAX works by dividing the web UI into different segments. A user can perform an operation on one segment and then start working on other segments without waiting for the first operation to finish.
