http://www.newfangled.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/194 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:55:36 -0500 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:55:36 -0500 By looking at the source code, how can I see if a page was created using ajax?
Frank
Scaturro@adelphi.edu]]> http://www.newfangled.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/194#comment13225 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:43:28 -0400
Thanks for reading. Because ajax is used in many cases to retrieve information from a database as a result of user interaction, it's typical that you wouldn't be able to see that information in the page source. However, sometimes what you don't see is indicative of ajax implementation.

For example, we noted that we used ajax in building the Village Visit tool for PlanUSA (http://www.planusa.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/443460). If you mouse over the Ugandan village on the map, you'll get a short description (Visit the community of Nyalakot, in eastern Uganda). But, if you copy that description text and then search the page source for it, you won't find it. This is because it has been retrieved dynamically from the database as a result of your mouse-over. It did not initially load with the page.

Another way to discern that something like this is happening on a page is to view the source and see if a javascript library is being reference]]> http://www.newfangled.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/194#comment14784 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:42:28 -0500
writely.com was purchased by Google, turning it into Google docs.

You'll notice that writely.com forwards you to Google docs.]]> http://www.newfangled.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/194#comment17340 Mon, 11 May 2009 10:28:43 -0400