§ Pages dynamically created using successive Ajax requests do not automatically register themselves with the browser's history engine, so clicking the browser's "back" button may not return the browser to an earlier state of the Ajax-enabled page, but may instead return to the last full page visited before it. Workarounds include the use of invisible iframes to trigger changes in the browser's history and changing the URL fragment identifier (the part of a URL after the '#') when Ajax is run and monitoring it for changes.
§ Dynamic web page updates also make it difficult to bookmark a particular state of the application. Solutions to this problem exist, many of which use the URL fragment identifier (the part of a URL after the '#') to keep track of, and allow returning to, the application in a given state.
§ Depending on the nature of the Ajax application, dynamic page updates may interfere disruptively with user interactions, especially if working on an unstable internet connection. For instance, editing a search field may trigger a query to the server for search completions, but the user may not know that a search completion popup is forthcoming, and if the internet connection is slow, the popup list may show up at an inconvenient time, when the user has already proceeded to do something else.
§ Because most web crawlers do not execute JavaScript code, publicly indexable web applications should provide an alternative means of accessing the content that would normally be retrieved with Ajax, thereby allowing search engines to index it.
§ Any user whose browser does not support JavaScript or XMLHttpRequest, or simply has this functionality disabled, will not be able to properly use pages which depend on Ajax. Similarly, devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, and screen readers may not have support for the required technologies. Screen readers that are able to use Ajax may still not be able to properly read the dynamically generated content. The only way to let the user carry out functionality is to fall back to non-JavaScript methods. This can be achieved by making sure links and forms can be resolved properly and do not rely solely on Ajax.
§ The same origin policy prevents some Ajax techniques from being used across domains, although the W3C has a draft of the XMLHttpRequest object that would enable this functionality. Methods exist to sidestep this security feature by using a special Cross Domain Communications channel embedded as an iframe within a page, or by the use ofJSONP.
§ Ajax-powered interfaces may dramatically increase the number of user-generated requests to web servers and their back-ends (databases, or other). This can lead to longer response times and/or additional hardware needs.
§ The asynchronous, callback-style of programming required can lead to complex code that is hard to maintain or debug.
Ajax cannot easily be read by screen-reading technologies, such as JAWS, without hints built into the corresponding HTML based on WAI-ARIA standards. Screen-reading technologies are used by individuals with an impairment that hinders or prevents the ability to read the content on a screen
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