JavaScript will start to predominate in 2006. Web pages will include much more JavaScript behaviour - from personalized home pages to giant corporate web sites. Flash will also rise in usage. A major search engine will get all AJAX-y.

JavaScript will become mainstream. People will get over their aversion to Flash. Examples of what will become more common: Kayak - travel search engine (JavaScript) and Etsy - find handmade goods (Flash)

In other words, the days of the static web page are over.

The downsides of this AJAX explosion?

• More headaches for Google in determining who's using Javascript to game their index
• More problems for non-power users not used to newfangled Javascript and Flash gizmos

The upside is that the web user experience gets faster and more interactive.

¶ 1/03/2006