AJAX Interface Design
http://www.lukew.com/resources/articles/ajax_design.asp

Wroblewski, Luke
LukeW Interface Designs
2006

Abstract:

AJAX enables faster, more responsive Web applications through a combination of asynchronous Javascript, the Document Object Model (DOM), and XMLhttpRequest. What this means for Web interface designers is that a DHTML-based Web application can make quick, incremental updates to a user interface without reloading the entire screen.