One word. WOW!! This is probably the most significant day in text searching as we remember. Atleast for this year ;)

You think so, Zoolander? To me it rather seems, as if Google's search engine is rather undecided, if not pessimistic (which some would interpret as 'realist' ;-)): If you typed [* "invented the parachute" ?] we don't see daVinci among the first hits. Instead it was the pessimist...

But I'm just messing with you a bit, I agree that AJAX will drastically improve the web experience ;-) (However, let's not forget that the Web was never meant for applications, but rather as a means of communication in a semi-standardized way)

with a twinkle,
w.