Since support for Ajax techniques is a very important component of the Apollo run-time, I’ve been spending a lot of my free time getting more familiar with Ajax. While digging around for good examples of Ajax at work, I found Kayak.com, a very cool “Web 2.0″ site that lets you search for flights, hotels, rental cars, etc. I could imagine a company like Kayak building a desktop app with Apollo that combines much of their existing functionality with tools for frequent travelers, including things that travelers may want access to while offline (on a flight, for example).
Kayak is a travel search engine. We help people like you find travel products from travel suppliers all over the world. This means a better travel search experience, more complete search results and best of all, savings for you every day. If you use Kayak for your travel planning, you are going to save time and money.
Kayak is an excellent example (some would say the poster child) for Web 2.0. We are considered a meta-search engine and that means our website searches hundreds of other websites in real time for the best travel deals available. Kayak lets you look at a full range of airlines, hotels and car rental agencies quickly and efficiently based on the exact criteria you select. We have put a lot of thought into the design of our website, and it has won accolades from consumers and the press alike (2006 Forbes Best of the Web for example) because of its simple, straightforward design and ease of use. Building a better travel search product is what we are about here at Kayak.
Very cool example. I must start getting familiar with Ajax. Definatly is a great tool.
Take also a look to this AJAX travel search engine – http://www.trabber.com
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Kayak.com – cool travel site using Ajax, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
i’ve seen this kayak.com
ahm.. its about the $196million funding
well nice example..
thanks for the posT!