Why AJAX is fast than normal request?

[dmjpro]

frnds .. i understand that why AJAX is introduced in web-technology and also i am very interested in AJAX.....

but one question stil knocking me ... why AJAX is fast than normal request???

about this what i have .... i think both of these use same protocol HTTP , inspite of that the why AJAX is very fast...

one reason may be there ... rendering the page needs more time .....

m i right .. this is my funda on this context ....

plz explain me in details if i wrong or right .....

THANXxxxxxxxx

[steven]

It's not that the actually request is any faster, it's simply that the idea behind Ajax, is that you do the work in the background without the users knowledge and then the page can be updated on the fly, dynamically, using "dhtml", javascript techniques.

[dmjpro]

yeah i did ... but there the only client side operations ... but here the network involved ...

plz help ... thanx

[ronverdonk]

yeah i did ... but there the only client side operations ... but here the network involved ...

plz help ... thanx

I am a bit lost now. Exactly what sort of help are you looking for? I cannot make that up from your post.

Ronald :cool:

[dmjpro]

i just answered steven's queries .....

actually i looking for ... why AJAX is so fast than normal request .....as both of them using same protocol HTTP

thanx

[acoder]

The whole page does not need to be unloaded and reloaded for a start.

[dmjpro]

i have this concept also .... i just waiting for an expert .... thanxxxx