[Campaigns-l] looking at ajax technology

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Hi Janet,

I think someone tried to create a mesh up for US electoral district
using google map.  I am not sure what happened to that project.

I absolutely agree that AJAX should have a role in this project...
basically to allow more complex interaction between the site and its
users.  Two issues come to mind: 1) compatibility with older browser
and 2) can we "wiki-fy" the production of AJAX project.  While there's
a lot of buzz about web 2.0, I am not sure how well it works with
older generation computer/browser.  Actually, I don't have the stats
on visitors' browser version to tell if that should be a concern.  As
for wikifying ajax production... my understanding is that the first A
is Apache... so I am assuming there are some configuration needed on
the server side?  or is it as simple as having a .js and .css file?
Sorry, I am not too familiar with the back side of ajax.  Can someone
clearify?

Kenny

On 11/13/06, Janet Hawtin <lucychili at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just to put an extra twist in the tail, I went to an IBM event tonight
> where they were demonstrating ajax based technologies (similar to the
> way that googlemail works, interactive material which doesnt require a
> reload of the page.
>
> One of the key examples was a wiki which included 'mashup' information from
> googlemaps plus realestate info, or mapping plus dynamic weather
> update for that area as a feed of gifs. Keep an eye out for the web 2
> demo by IBM if it comes your way.
>
> This was one of the example sites http://dojotoolkit.org/
> IBM have someone working with this team to contribute internationalisation
> and accessibility. They said they are expecting something people can
> try out to be available in a month.
>
> Wondered if campaign wiki could be a nice showcase project for that
> kind of thing. Overlays of geographic data and population information
> and voting or maps relating to specific local topics which connect to
> images of specific things, places or people which are important.
> Tables, maps graphs.
>
> Drawbacks for campaignwiki?
>
> I'm guessing the complexity could make it possible to lose the
> dialogue with each other and end up saturated in information from one
> perspective. At least this might make it possible to have better
> information from one perspective.
>
> The other is that the text based wiki is workable with low bandwidth
> and means we have to be able to communicate clearly with text.
>
> Also dont know about how the $ factor would work as IBM were talking
> about it as a service. I'll leave that up to more technically savvy
> persons than me to comment.
>
> Just thought that this might be an interesting pilot for the technology.
> Would be fun to test, not sure if it is feasible =)
>
> Janet
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