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This tutorial shows how you can implement an advanced window which can be modal, dragable, resizable, closable with the hijax framework Gaia Ajax Widgets. Gaia is an open source framework for ASP.NET 2.0.

As an extension to Wildhoneys introductory article on JavaScript, I have written this article to show how to achieve the same results from using Prototype. Please note that the code in this example could be compacted considerably using some of Prototypes advanced features. However, due to this being an introduction to Prototype, I have decided to go with a "more code, easier to read", approach.

Ajax, once stripped of all its fanciness, basically describes just two things- performing "GET" and "POST" requests asynchronously. This tutorial explains Ajax frankly and gently, while also covering the important topics of fetching XML and JSON files using Ajax.

In many modern web applications, developers look for ways to make it easier and more intuitive for users to interact. A drag and select function can help your users select multiple objects quickly.