Premshree Pillai ([info]premshree) wrote,
@ 2005-12-11 22:53:00
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Entry tags:ajax, kayak, perl, ruby, tech, travel, websites

Kayak

I have been using Kayak for planning an upcoming trip. It’s awesome. It’s got all the Ajaxy goodness you want. Simply brilliant.

And there’s more interesting stuff:

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[info]ga_woo
2005-12-11 05:58 pm UTC (link)
The site looks almost the same with and without styles applied :|

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[info]fus
2005-12-11 06:21 pm UTC (link)
if you are using it to plan trips within europe, it quite is not effective.
similar but even more friendlier - http://www.skyscanner.net - this is good though only for europe

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[info]premj
2005-12-12 01:01 am UTC (link)
Apart from the good UI, do they have good "deals" ??

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[info]premshree
2005-12-12 04:51 am UTC (link)

They have a “deals” page, but this site is mostly to search for airfare, hotels, etc.

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[info]rahulkumarjha
2005-12-12 10:26 am UTC (link)
what about python?

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Kayak loads slow
(Anonymous)
2005-12-23 12:35 am UTC (link)
even over a 1553 kbp dsl.

So I did a view source: man, they are importing a lot! (lots of code in the page itself, in script tags, as well).

AJAX is starting to have serious bandwidth implications. A naiive implemetation ends up being as slow to download as Flash! Better to download the code you need, behind the scenes.
http://ajaxpatterns.org/On-Demand_Javascript

Regards,
-Jonathan Boutelle (www.jonathanboutelle.com)

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