Adaptive Path Blog

Yahoo today launched the new version of their homepage for US audiences. What’s significant about it is that for the first time, one of the most-used (the most used?) pages on the web is full-on Ajax-ified. People like my parents, who have never used Google Maps or shopped at The Gap online, much less used hipster sites like Flickr, will now be exposed to what can now be done online.

What’s more, any arguments about Ajax’s suitability for and adoption by a mass audience should soon be settled. Plus, rumblings in IT departments about increased server hits and bandwidth usage may diminish. (“If Yahoo can do it, why can’t we?”)

I’d also personally like to thank Yahoo for putting weather back on the home page. Kudos.

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