Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a new paradigm which was introduced in 2005. The purpose of Ajax is that of giving the illusion that websites are responsive. It achieves this by processing requests which involve the sending and receiving of small packets of data without refreshing the web browser. Ajax is founded on:

• XHTML - A rigid subset of html which is used to mark-up and style the information.
• DOM - The Document Object Model which can be accessed by the client browsers.
• XMLHttpRequest - The object used to exchange the information asynchronously.
• XML - The format used to transfer the data from the server to the client.

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Seems that Hive7 is making its way into quite a few articles recently. I would classify this site as being a fairly interesting attempt at creating an online community. So probably your wondering what is all the hype about and is it worth your bother?

Well first of all it’s free!! (which in this world means its a must to check it out), but jokes aside seriously its a great site. As soon as you load up the page you find that you have been issued an avatar and a guest account. With these you are also assigned the rights to post lines onto the chat and also to drag character around the rooms which are available to you. Whilst browsing through these room you will notice other avatar which might be jumping around the page, these pertain to the other users who are currently viewing the page with you and whom you may chat with.

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