Ebay: Use AJAX for Watch List
July 11th, 2007
I’m been shopping on ebay a lot lately, trying to pick up good components for a new PC. I’ve come to the conclusion that ebay should really start using an AJAX function for adding items to your watch list. It makes no sense to have a complete new page view when clicking the “Watch This Item” button, especially in light of Nielson no longer using the page view metric for measurement. It’s just annoying when the page reloads, virtually unchanged, and then it takes two clicks back to return to the search results. (Oh sure, I can use that new “Back to list of items” link at the top left, but I’ve got a back button on my mouse that’s so much easier.)
So true. There are many who use AJAX just for the sake of using it, which is usually a terrible idea, but this would actually be an excellent way to use AJAX.