Jon Ferraiolo

The OpenAjax Alliance is developing an AJAX industry wishlist for future browsers, using a dedicated wiki. The feature list now lists 37 separate feature requests, covering a wide range of technology areas, such as security, Comet, multimedia, CSS, interactivity, and performance.... (more)

The OpenAjax Alliance is requesting industry feedback on two companion initiatives, OpenAjax Conformance and the OpenAjax Registry, which have been under development for the past year. The term OpenAjax Conformance is shorthand for the set of conformance requirements that OpenAj... (more)

After years of dominance by a single browser, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE), and few advances within IE, the world has changed. There is now healthy competition among multiple browsers over standards compliance, AJAX features, AJAX performance and trustworthy computing. The ... (more)

The OpenAjax Alliance is developing an AJAX industry wishlist for future browsers, using a dedicated wiki for this initiative. The main purpose of the initiative is to inform the browser vendors about what future features are most important to the AJAX community and why. So far, ... (more)

This article provides an introduction to some of the security threats associated with AJAX technologies, particularly when used within mashup scenarios, and then offers a list of recommended best practices. Understanding the Same-Origin Policy One of the foundations of Web securit... (more)

The OpenAjax Alliance is an organization of leading vendors, open source projects, and companies using AJAX that are dedicated to the successful adoption of open and interoperable AJAX-based Web technologies. This article introduces the alliance's first major technical product, O... (more)

The OpenAjax Alliance is a consortium of companies that are active in the AJAX industry. It was founded on May 15, 2006, concluded a governing Members Agreement in October 2006, and now has more than 80 member organizations, including industry giants such as Adobe, BEA, Cisco, ES... (more)

OpenAjax ­ Fulfilling AJAX's Promise One would think that an industry would slow down as it matures, but the Web has proven to be just the opposite. Innovations are happening at breakneck speed. Companies have to move faster than ever to keep up and survive. AJAX is clearly a case... (more)

Hard-nosed executives recognize that there are costs associated with any benefit. To convince today's upper-level decision makers to approve strategic investments, they need to hear more than phrases like "essential to the business," "the results are too unpredictable," and "yiel... (more)