Comparison of AJAX frameworks for ASP.NET
Daniel Zeiss have a very good comparaison of AJAX frameworks for ASP.NET, 11 framework compared including : ComfortASP.NET V0.47 (beta), MagicAJAX.NET V0.3.0, ZumiPage V2.10, ATLAS CTP January 2005, OutPost V1.2, FastPage V1.1.0, ComponentArt V3.0 Callback Control, Telerik r.a.d.callback 1.5.2, Dart PowerWeb V1.4.1 LiveWrapper, Anthem V1.0.0, and finally Syncfusion Studio 4.1.0.50 / Essential Tools / CallbackPanel. The comparaison is based on many aspect of the frameworks : integration, ASP.NET compatibility, Traffic, AJAX Postbacks, and Additional features.
First, let me explain why only these 11 Frameworks are included although there is a lot more AJAX stuff for ASP.NET out there. All the frameworks listed here have one unique AJAX feature: They allow updating page content without programming AJAX directly - i call it indirect AJAX programming - a compareable concept is called Hijax. To make it concrete: Direct AJAX programming would mean dealing with client scripts, DHTML, method proxies, client side rendering and so on... Another important property the framework must have is the ability to support non-AJAX controls and enhance them with AJAX features. Therefore, frameworks that supply only controls with built in AJAX-features (Buttons, Trees, Grids, Lists and so on...) are not included in the comparison. [...]
The comparaison come also with graphics showing Traffic in bytes for initial GET response, Traffic in bytes for referenced framework scripts (0 bytes of no script was referenced), Traffic in bytes for the POST request after button "Show DateTime" was clicked, Traffic in bytes for the POST response after button "Show DateTime" was clicked, Total traffic in bytes for the "Hello World" example.
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