Re: [cowiki-dev] [cowiki] Using AJAX for form validation

On 6/18/05, Sy <[email protected]> wrote:
> At the very least, AJAX lets bandwidth usage be much more intelligent.
>  Sortof like what frames was supposed to do.  ;)
> 

Technically, AJAX (and methods like it) submit/retreive something
every time you exit a  form element.  But it's a very small amount
being submitted that typically, you barely notice.  But in the end,
you still submit the entire form.  More bandwidth, but a much more
streamlined and user friendly approach.  So when they submit the final
form, they already know that everything is going to work, so those 2-5
seconds till the next page shows up isn't so bad, since the page won't
be an error page (unless something horrible has gone wrong during
those 2-5 seconds).