it seems so - at least when it comes to making the same mistakes that Flash developers were able to make for several years. For those who don’t know what Ajax is about - it’s a way to exchange data with the server without reloading the whole page by using Javascript - yes folks that pretty much all there is to it - something that Flash is able to accomplish since version 4.

So I find it very amusing to read this list of the most common Ajax mistakes - because lots of it reads like something that people have always bickered to be a problem of Flash sites:

- Breaking the back button
- Blinking and changing parts of the page unexpectedly
- Not using links I can pass to friends or bookmark
- Inventing new UI conventions

Hmm - maybe Robert Penner’s good old back button workaround for Flash is also something that might work for you Ajax guys?