[Campaigns-l] looking at ajax technology

[CH Rob J King]

Janet, sounds great!  The Wikipedia pages are quite user-friendly . . . the key to Wik-Campaigns success is its use-friendliness . . . .





CH Rob J. King, M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D. (ABD*)

Chaplain, AR-MEDCOM

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> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:34:03 +1030> From: lucychili at gmail.com> To: campaigns-l at wikia.com> Subject: [Campaigns-l] looking at ajax technology> > 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> _______________________________________________> Campaigns-l mailing list> Campaigns-l at wikia.com> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/campaigns-l
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