Better AJAX integration

Moderator: Jeff Robbins

AJAX is the web buzzword of the year - well... last year. None of it is new technology, but these days we can expect that most web browsers will support it. It has a high "wow" factor that many of our clients are demanding. But at the same time, proper etiquette prescribes that our pages should continue to work JavaScript-free down to the lowest common denominator.

Some AJAX functionality has been written into Drupal core, but what else can be done? How can AJAX benefit the Drupal user experience? How can AJAX benefit Drupal site design? What do the existing AJAX libraries such as Prototype/
Scriptaculous,Dojo, and xajax have to offer? Should we be building our own JavaScript or contributing back to one of these projects? How can we develop a transparent API that can allow Drupal developers to integrate these powerful features without getting bogged down in JavaScript coding?

We will show some examples of the work that is being done within Drupal and elsewhere and attempt to answer at least one of the questions above. Maybe two.