Atlas verus other AJAX implementations

What will Atlas provide that is compelling versus other AJAX products out there? I've been reading aboutComfortASP.NET and it seems pretty darn good. They provide various methods of incorporating AJAX into your website, including one that requires almost no extra programming. I can't compare the performance aspect of various products, but in terms of usability, they seem to have it right. Any comments?

Hi,

I hope the following link will give you the comparison of ATLAS vs AJAX implementations

http://www.daniel-zeiss.de/AJAXComparison/Results.htm

Atlas also offers Ajax without extra programming: look for the UpdatePanel.

MagicAjax offers a simular solution to UpdatePanels.

With ComfortASP, one of the option allows you to achieve AJAX features without anything special (not even UpdatePanel). I believe they implemented this through an HTTP-module/handler that passes back only the diff of the page. While this takes toll on the server, the result can achieve significant reduction in the data being passed to the client. I suppose you could think of it as a quick-and-dirty, semi-AJAX implementation. Mind you, it's one of several AJAX options they offer, others being closer to the usual AJAX implementations where you do need some coding. I think the idea is a good one and perhaps one that can possibly be considered for Atlas as well.

fyi - I get errors on their demo pages with ie 7

Looks good though - I have used Anthem - it does a good job as well.

One other note: I might need to try one of these solutions because I'm not suspose to use this Atlas for anything by their agreement.

I hope to see Atlas get to a stable point, my clients like what they see in the demo's I showed them - but with no good information and hush hush from many of the developers it makes it a hard sell right now.