Ajax Mistakes

Ajax Mistakes

Using Ajax for the sake of Ajax
Breaking the back button
Not giving immediate visual cues for clicking widgets
Leaving offline people behind
Don’t make me wait for Ajax
Sending sensitive information in the clear
Assuming AJAX development is single platform development.
Too much code makes the browser slow
Not having a plan for those who do not enable or have JavaScript.
Inventing new UI conventions
Changing state with links (GET requests)
Blinking and changing parts of the page unexpectedly
Not using links I can pass to friends or bookmark
Not cascading local changes to other parts of the page
Asynchronously performing batch operations
Scrolling the page and making me lose my place
Blocking Spidering