10 Useful Free Ajax Tools to Add To Your Toolbox
AJAX is the abbreviation for asynchronous JavaScript and XML. In spite of the name, the use of XML and JavaScript is not actually required. AJAX can reduce the bandwidth usage and load time by updating only the content that needs to be updated. There are many useful tools that can use AJAX, and following is a list of some of these features.
1. MooTools Autocomplete. This widget creates a customizable suggestion box from variable data sources for input fields. It provides all basic features from any provided source to create an Autocompleter.
2. Slide Show Viewer.
This is a gallery script that will provide basic slideshow functionality. You can use it for commercial and personal web pages for no cost.
3. AJAX chat.
You only need 3 files to run this chat software, index.html, w.php, and chat.txt. It also comes with a spam filter.
4. Dhoni Show.
This is for anyone who wants to create an easy online gallery. All that needs to be done is to put the images into your html source and the rest will be done by JavaScript.
5. Bouncer.
This neat little tool is an effect that will make your image bounce up and down two times, with the second bounce being smaller than the first.
6. PlotKit.
If you want to use charts and graphs, then this is the tool for you. This not only makes making charts easy, but it can also be fun. It has a short tutorial and works well with all browsers.
7. iCarousel.
When you need to rotate fragments of content, such as headlines or thumbnails, this tool will make it easy. It doesn’t matter what kind of content you are rotating, this tool will be all you need.
8. Reflection.
This is a small download of under 5KB which allows you to add reflections to your images. Reflection opacity and height are easily handled.
9. Frog Js.
This tool is for anyone who has a photo story to show. It is best used when a page by page photo gallery is needed.
10. Table organize.
This enables the user to re-organize columns and rows, as well as use up and down arrows to browse the table.
These are only a few of the many tools you can find useful for AJAX. There are many that are easy to use and don’t require a lot of technical knowledge. They are especially useful in an office environment, and can make dealing with your work a lot easier, and even fun.
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