Ajax… finally a mature reason to use JavaScript.
OK, I will not claim to have invented some magnificent beast, but I sure am pleased with my initial perusal of Ajax. Ajax has actually been around for quite some time. It just was not called Ajax until a couple of years ago.
I am slow to the curve, what can I say?
My little test page started out as a form for a “live registration” demo. Needless to say I got lazy about ten characters in. I thought, “Do I really care to code a small application so no one can use it? For those who *do* use it, do I want to combat the spam it must surely be?”
Hell no.
Anyway, in its current incarnation it will check only for my name in the database and the name of this site. I do however plan on incorporating this into the registration this site will eventually require for forums, code posts, et cetera. (Register for comments per the norm.)
So, here it is. Enjoy.
Oh, and you need JavaScript enabled or it will not work. Duh…