AJAX-powered Web apps disappoint power users

Most power users are very much disappointed with the performance of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs).  It is based on the Asynchronous JavaScript with XML, or AJAX, according to a new research team report from Forrester Research Inc.

As a result of the AJAX limitations, the research firm recommended that business users would consider an emerging next-generation RIA technologies like Adobe AIR from Adobe Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp.’s Silver light tool set. And according to the report, which was released last week, the power users find that AJAX applications are very much complex and their reaction time is limited.