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Ajax for the Mobile Industry

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The hype and support to the popular Ajax programming didn’t end in the AjaxWorld Convention in Santa Clara, Calif. The day after the conference ended, the OpenAjax Alliance and W3C convened to give a workshop regarding mobile Ajax. OpenAjax Alliance composes of the group of companies that are big in the computer technology. W3C stands for World Wide Web Consortium, a governing body that sets the standards for the internet especially the implementing programs.

The coming together of these groups was done to ensure that the Ajax would be properly implemented to the mobile industry. In AjaxWorld Conference most of the conferences tackled Ajax only in relation to iPhone. But it’s not only the iPhone that are seeing Ajax as the next big software. From the looks of the behavior of Ajax, the reality that Ajax will be implemented in most of the powerful mobile phones is nearer than we think. As this conference is convened, the problem of the mobile industry with regards to Ajax is the lack of standardization across phones. As of this writing, there are already hundreds of softwares that could be implemented in major phones especially on the iPhone. However, these installations and custom changes applied to these phones are not sanctioned by iPhone. This could cause serious damage not only to the phone industry but ultimately to the users. W3C and OpenAjax Alliance have a lot to talk about in their short conference. For one, they have to acknowledge the development of various softwares. There are now hundreds of garage based developers that can easily customize any software. They don’t want to clip these developers and at the same time, they don’t want to be the bad group in relation to the mobile phone manufacturers. The only answer of the OpenAjax Alliance and W3C is to establish the accepted platform, framework and even the toolkit that will both be accepted by the Mobile Industry and the developers. Even though it’s a challenge to clip the developers from creating unsanctioned programs, OpenAjax and W3C hopes to become the “middle-men” in behalf of these developers. It’s recommended that developers should create something that regular users will need and not something they want. Security should also be one of the main concerns that should be in mind by most developers. As Ajax will be a complex program to be written it’s very susceptible to attacks if they are not reviewed thoroughly. There was even a group of developers who pointed out the flaw of the well praised Ajax based mail, Gmail. Hackers can easily filter the e-mail and read the most personal and bank related details. Some of the participants forwarded their position paper regarding the development of Ajax in mobile industry. There are different views that sometimes contrasting with each other. But they are ultimately pointing to one thing: the mobile industry should embrace the development and work together with these developers as soon as possible. It’s only through this way that Ajax could move forward and advance the mobile experience of their users.