AJAX is a beautiful thing (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML).
What that really means is that data on a web page can be updated without completely reloading the page. One example of this is Google Search: start typing in the search box and Google will complete your sentence. Another example on Facebook is watching your News Feed fill with updates about the latest extraordinary events of your friends: “Going to see what’s on TV.”
These are some basic examples. But in practice it can really do a lot of great things, especially when it comes to speed.
That brings me to the SAP Portal. One of the biggest complaints about the SAP Portal is speed. The SAP Portal downloads a lot of content, and it takes a lot of clicks to get where you need to go. If every page takes 10 seconds to load and you need to click six times to get there, that’s a full minute of waiting.
Welcome the AJAX Portal Framework Page.
Now imagine only one page load with the subsequent clicks (instantaneously with AJAX) bringing you to your destination. You’ve just reduced the navigation time from one minute to just over 10 seconds.
Plus, it looks really good.
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| SAP Portal AJAX Framework Page |
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