all this could be done without AJAX. Just loading a javascript file would enable this.
Prior to AJAX, sending info was done by loading a "transparent.gif?value1=x&value2=y&value3=z"
It's not technology that has ruined the web. It's greed.
Prior to AJAX, sending info was done by loading a "transparent.gif?value1=x&value2=y&value3=z"
It's not technology that has ruined the web. It's greed.
AJAX made that cleaner and broadened its use, but yes, you could already make requests with Javascript that the user didn't want you to or didn't care to make for any purpose of their own.