AJAX is already old

There's always a new technology around the corner. "Comet" is like AJAX, but it's the server that initiates the data transfer instead of your browser. The funny thing is that in both cases, this technology has been supported by browsers for years -- but it's only recently been popularized.

There are all sorts of wonderful technologies buried in specification lists that no one ever reads. CSS, for example, is full of little goodies that most websites never take advantage of -- like specifying multiple stylesheets for different media -- because developers don't know what can be done.

Often it takes a high-profile site to expose the beauty of technology that's been around for years -- like Google Maps in the case of AJAX.

At CWS, we do our best to stay aware of the best available tools, so the sites we build for our clients will put them miles ahead of every competitor. That doesn't necessarily mean the trendiest tools -- just the best ones.