AJAX Best Practises

Alex Bosworth has compiled a list of Do’s and Don’t’s when using AJAX. Below is the list, and the explanations for each item can be found on Alex Bosworth’s Weblog.

Do Use AJAX For:
Form driven interaction
Deep hierarchical tree navigation
Rapid user-to-user communication
Voting, Yes/No boxes, Ratings submissions
Filtering and involved data manipulation
Commonly entered text hints/autocompletion

Don’t Use AJAX For:
Simple forms
Search
Basic navigation
Replacing a large amount of text
Display manipulation
Useless widgets