Warcraft AJAX

smcculloch posted on September 02, 2005 00:25

Well, it seems AJAX is the flavour of the month at the moment and it was interesting to see this little app appear on the World of Warcraft site.

It is a simple grid application that shows player vs player rankings, but it's entirely built using ajax.

e.g.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/index.html

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/pvp-ajax.js

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/rankings.xml

They use an API called Sarissa which can be found here:-

http://sarissa.sourceforge.net/doc/overview-summary.html

It's interesting the kind of gateways into other data that AJAX brings along, I can now pull that XML data down remotely and use it in my application. What would make a good application though?

I think the only negative, is that it becomes difficult for me to post say a link to my characters, because there is no permenant URL for it. You might have to consider the SEO implications of using AJAX.

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# pspeth

Friday, September 02, 2005 6:18 AM

I think AJAX would be a great tool to for Private Message user lookups. Making the lookups more like a windows based mail app that autofilters the possibilities as you are typing.
So as you type a users name, it displays the first match, etc.

# smcculloch

Monday, September 05, 2005 10:31 PM

I think the shoutbox would be another great place for Ajax too!

# wesclyburn

Sunday, September 11, 2005 8:15 AM

Yes, Shoutbox with AJAX would be very useful. I wanted to place it on a page with YAF forum, but YAF doesn't save its viewstate apparently, and doens't bind if IsPostBack, so after a shout YAD didn't hydrate. ShoutBox had to be removed. AJAX would be wonderful.

# aaava

Friday, September 16, 2005 11:07 PM

AJAX has been going on since 2000. I would definitely not call it the 'flavor of the month'...more like, finally the client-side and server-side are speaking to each other in a defined, constructive way...the difference between an ok site, and a stellar one. Heck, Atlas appears to be M$'s answer to AJAX. That's great, but a fellow Aussie already has a stellar AJAX type library, that works with DNN. It's called bitkraft (www.tiggrbitz.com). Most definitely a one-man-way-beyond-where- Microsoft-is-right-now lib. Beats the pants off anything else available for DNN right now, that is AJAX style, IMO. And Tiggr, he's a genius in my book. His library is tight, has everything you want, and you never have to refresh a page unless you want to.

Sunday, September 18, 2005 6:02 AM

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