Jesse James Garrett Quotations

The more everybody knows about all aspects of the problems we face, the better off all of us will be. Less time spent explaining things means more time for coming up with creative solutions.

Effective communication is a key factor in the success of your product.

Problems with visual design can turn users off so quickly that they never discover all the smart choices you made with navigation or interaction design.

Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves.

Ajax is an important development for Web applications, and its importance is only going to grow.

Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways.

As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement.

At Adaptive Path, we've been doing our own work with Ajax over the last several months, and we're realizing we've only scratched the surface of the rich interaction and responsiveness that Ajax applications can provide.

But despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they're not just a handy way to address network resources. They're also valuable communication tools.

Google is making a huge investment in developing the Ajax approach.