The latest enhancement to the LGF Blog Engine is found in our newsfeeds section, which now uses Ajax—a component technology of what some people are calling “Web 2.0”—to update a section of the page dynamically. The idea behind Ajax is to make web pages behave a bit more like desktop computer applications; i.e., change only the parts of the page that need to be changed, and do away with constant page reloading. Google Maps and Gmail are two highly visible examples of the new approach.

Which brings us to our newsfeeds, where there is now a drop-down menu above the list of Yahoo wire service headlines, to let you pick a different category of news. When you choose one of the options, the headlines are instantly loaded and displayed, all sparkly clean and Ajax-fresh. No muss, no fuss, no unsightly and time-consuming page reloads.