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AjaxWednesday, Pt. 1

March 23rd, 2006 | Business, Tech, Web 2.0

So AjaxWrite is out today with a ton of coverage surrounding it. It’s another Word clone written in Javascript, which I don’t find entirely exciting, especially when compared to some of the competition.

The demo document when you open AjaxWrite does include the following sentence though:

Also, sign up on AjaxLaunch to get priority notice of a new AJAX program launching every Wednesday!

Wow, a new AJAX program every Wednesday!

Well, that’s exciting. There are 5 mystery question mark boxes at the top of the AjaxWrite page, so let’s guess what they’re going to be:

  • AjaxSheet
  • AjaxPoint
  • AjaxMessenger
  • AjaxDB
  • AjaxDraw

Perhaps we should set up a little contest to see who can guess the most correct AjaxWednesday apps. The winner gets an AjaxPrize.

  • Nick Worthington
    Talking of AjaxDraw, check this out:
    http://360techblog.com/2006/03/28/tomorrow-ajaxdraw/
  • Oh the horror. Thats some lousy design. And the copy? They're trying way to hard to jump on the hype. At least most people have a sense of humor about it now, but these guys are still throwing out keywords like they're still in style.

    And really, the end user doesnt know anything about AJAX. So why should they care what you say about it? Did Gmail come and say "Hey! Its AjaxMail!" or "Kiko, now with Ajax!" No, they didnt. Because ajax only means something to developers. So, obviously these people don't know anything about marketing, their target audience or design, so how can anyone trust them to make a solid usable app?


    Ok, I appologize for my rant.
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