who developed the Ajax 

Well Sharad , Techniques for the asynchronous loading of content on an existing Web page without requiring a full reload date back as far as the src attribute that could take any external URL, and by loading a page containing JavaScript that manipulated the parent page, Ajax-like effects could be attained. This set of client-side technologies was usually grouped together under the generic term of DHTML.

Macromedia's Flash could also, from version 4, load XML and CSV files from a remote server without requiring a browser to be refreshed.

Microsoft's Remote Scripting (MSRS), introduced in 1998, acted as a more elegant replacement for these techniques, with data being pulled in by a Java applet with which the client side could communicate using JavaScript.

This technique worked on both Internet Explorer version 4 and Netscape Navigator version 4 onwards. Microsoft then created the XMLHttpRequest object in Internet Explorer version 5 and first took advantage of these techniques using XMLHttpRequest in Outlook Web Access supplied with the Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 release.

The Web development community, first collaborating for remote scripting to enable consistent results across different browsers, created in 2002 a user-community modification to Microsoft Remote Scripting which was created to replace the Java applet with XMLHttpRequest.

Remote Scripting Frameworks such as ARSCIF[3] surfaced in 2003 not long before Microsoft introduced Callbacks in ASP.NET.

In addition, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has several recommendations that also allow for dynamic communication between a server and user agent, though few of them are well supported. These would include:

1) The object element defined in HTML 4 for embedding arbitrary content types into documents (replaces inline frames under XHTML 1.1)

2) The Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load and Save Specification

For more details , Please visit the source site :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A JAX

Answered by Alok Gupta , an ibibo Guru, at 6:00 PM on May 21, 2008

Microsoft invented Ajax in 1999.

Ajax stands for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML" which is a group of inter-related web development techniques used for creating interactive web applications.It uses the JavaScript XMLHttpRequest function to create a tunnel from the client's browser to the server and transmit information back and forth without having to refresh the page. The data travels in XML format because it transmits complex data types over clear text.

Answered by Ashish Yadav , an ibibo Wizard, at 7:58 PM on May 21, 2008

well;
AJAX holds a lot of promise for web usability, and the underlying technology has already delivered some stunning applications. But it’s no magic bullet. Careful design is always required, and it must be based specifically on the technology at hand. As AJAX emerges, we’re going to learn more about what sort of design works, and we’ll need ways of documenting this information and talking about it. Fortunately, the evolution of this particular technology will take place at a time when design patterns are well-entrenched in the industry, and design patterns are an excellent means of knowledge representation. Thus, it makes sense to begin cataloguing AJAX design patterns. These are some thoughts based on current examples and demo systems.

Patterns being patterns, there’s not a lot of unseen information here. Patterns are just a concise way to represent the knowledge embodied in the many AJAX applications that are out there. The point is to discover best practices by investigating how developers have successfully traded off conflicting design principles. AJAX is all about usability, so the patterns focus particularly on delivering usability in the face of constraints, most notably: user capabilities and expectations, bandwidth limits, the stateless nature of HTTP, the complexity of Javascript.

Answered by kishore , an ibibo Master, at 8:15 PM on May 21, 2008

well Sharad, Microsoft invented Ajax in 1999. It just took the rest of the software world 6 years to catch up. I've developed a brief timeline at the end of this post.

The two key technologies for Ajax – the ability to modify HTML on the client side and the ability to initiate and capture an asynchronous HTTP request – were introduced in Internet Explorer in 1997 and 1999, respectively. Outlook Web Access was the first product that I know of to use both heavily. Ajax stands for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML" which is a group of inter-related web development techniques used for creating interactive web applications.It uses the JavaScript XMLHttpRequest function to create a tunnel from the client's browser to the server and transmit information back and forth without having to refresh the page. The data travels in XML format because it transmits complex data types over clear text.

Answered by Uttam , an ibibo Master, at 8:50 PM on May 21, 2008

Ajax is invented by Microsoft 1999.
Ajax stands for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML" which is a group of inter-related web development techniques used for creating interactive web applications.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has several recommendations that also allow for dynamic communication between a server and user agent, though few of them are well supported. These would include:

1) The object element defined in HTML 4 for embedding arbitrary content types into documents (replaces inline frames under XHTML 1.1)

2) The Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load and Save Specification

Answered by Nagendra , an ibibo Master, at 7:51 AM on May 22, 2008

Ajax, or AJAX, (Asynchronous Javascript And XML) is a web development technique used for creating interactive web applications. The intent is to make web pages feel more responsive by exchanging small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes, so that the entire web page does not have to be reloaded each time the user requests a change. This is intended to increase the web page's interactivity, speed, functionality, and usability.

Answered by shepherd , an ibibo Master, at 9:26 AM on May 22, 2008

Hi there

Ajax is invented by Microsoft 1999.
Ajax stands for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML" which is a group of inter-related web development techniques used for creating interactive web applications.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has several recommendations that also allow for dynamic communication between a server and user agent, though few of them are well supported. These would include:

1) The object element defined in HTML 4 for embedding arbitrary content types into documents (replaces inline frames under XHTML 1.1)

2) The Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load and Save Specification

Answered by Reeta K , an ibibo Master, at 12:58 PM on May 22, 2008

hi sharad ICEsoft developed an Ajax

Answered by laks , an ibibo Master, at 3:07 PM on May 22, 2008

hi sharad Ajax is invented by Microsoft 1999.
Ajax stands for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML" which is a group of inter-related web development techniques used for creating interactive web applications.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has several recommendations that also allow for dynamic communication between a server and user agent, though few of them are well supported. These would include:

1) The object element defined in HTML 4 for embedding arbitrary content types into documents (replaces inline frames under XHTML 1.1)

2) The Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load and Save Specification

Answered by raj u , an ibibo Master, at 3:53 PM on May 22, 2008

well Sharad
Ajax is invented by Microsoft 1999.
Ajax stands for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML" which is a group of inter-related web development techniques used for creating interactive web applications.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has several recommendations that also allow for dynamic communication between a server and user agent, though few of them are well supported. These would include:

1) The object element defined in HTML 4 for embedding arbitrary content types into documents (replaces inline frames under XHTML 1.1)

2) The Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load and Save Specification

Answered by jaivir , an ibibo Master, at 5:28 PM on May 22, 2008