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Marissa Mayer from Google only has 10 minutes to speak at Web 2.0 Summit, so she gives a high level look at Google's use of Ajax in applications. She notes that the key reason they created Gmail in Ajax was speed. This is a theme in Google Maps too. In terms of Google Videos, she says how instant something is and giving instant gratification is key - they used to make users wait 24-48 hours to see their videos after uploading to GVideo.
She asks what does speed mean for future apps? She has a slide that shows browser support - FF2 and IE7. Marissa says we'll see built-in support for client side languages (e.g. javascript). She says also that people will spend more time online, due to increase in broadband etc - and this is good for Google. Another point she makes is that mobile hardware will improve a lot.
In conclusion, she says speed is very important for web 2.0 and the future of the Web.
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I like the way AJAX speeds up the web, but with the progression of bandwidth it will be its ability to selectively reload portions of the page that makes it a continuing asset and increases the "application" nature of websites.
Posted by: David Mackey | November 9, 2006 7:42 PM
Good God, was she really this boring? Did she say anything compelling or interesting whatsoever?
Posted by: Roy | November 10, 2006 5:10 PM
Speeding up the web (and your brain) with an accelerator makes sense...fascinating, 2x throughput/2x the work done in the same amount of time
Posted by: brain speed | November 11, 2006 11:45 AM