Will Ajax still be Ajax?

[jessje]

Or will there be some Ajax 2.0 feature which upgrades his name to MS-dynamic-site0language (or something in that direction)
Do you believe ajax will keep stand against this sort of treats?

[Orjan]

Ajax is as mentioned before, just a technique how to combine javascript and server side info to create dynamic content on the web page, so no, it won't change name.

but of course, as everything develops, there might be a new technique that makes ajax obsolete...

that's my opinion at least...

[Jordan]

AJAX isn't a language, but a term. It simply implies the use of a Client Language (such as JavaScript) and a server language (such as PHP, ASP, or Perl). So long as each type exist I believe the term AJAX will exist.

[John]

AJAX is an acronym for asynchronous JavaScript and x(ht)ml. So although it may "imply" a client side language and a server side language (as Jordan suggested), it really refers to JavaScript and some server side language that can output XML (ie: php). I do not think there will always be "AJAX". Although I do I think there will always be asynchronous communication between the client and the web server. However, I also think browsers will move away from JavaScript (I pray for this every night) and move to something more advanced. Perhaps take advantage of the GTK library to create GUI's that will communicate asynchronously with a web server. Firefox is already attempting something like this with their XUL. There is even a GUL project, which converts GTK script to XUL script.

That said, I believe in the future, an operating system will be merely a driver for a browser.