I recently gave this presentation to my department at work. Unfortunately, the slides are (intentionally) quite sparse without the accompanying commentary. There is also a version available with notes.
2. As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.” - Jef Raskin, Designer of the Original Mac UI “
3. Traditional Web Interfaces The user acts (Clicks a link, button, etc) A request is then sent to the server… And, eventually, a COMPLETE PAGE is returned
5. The New Way: AJAX The New Way: AJAX Dynamically update PART of the page. Which allows for more responsive UI, but introduces some new problems. http://www.wisc.edu/directories