Gaia AJAX Widgets, The Alternative To ASP.NET AJAX
Gaia Ajax Widgets is an Ajax library which is far easier to use, way easier to extend and consumes A LOT less bandwidth than most other Ajax libraries including ASP.NET Ajax. It comes with a free (as in free beer) version and a free (as in freedom, Source Code distro) version though is still a commercial library living off license earnings. The company creating Gaia is called Frost Innovation and is a VERY small company (3 employees) and is located in Norway.
It is the first Ajax library for ASP.NET that doesn't send HTML over its Ajax Request but have created Client-Side implementation of the WebControl class hierarchy in JavaScript and can therefore update specific properties of widget "objects" on the client instead of sending HTML to UpdateAble Controls or "UpdatePanels". You can see online a very complete list Gaia controls in action, more information, pricing and download at ajaxwidgets.com.
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