Ajax - A disruptive web programming approach

Eventhough the notion of XMLHttp and using Javascript asynchronous call backs has been there for quiet a while no one has fully put efforts to fully utilize the power of these in the real world applications. That was past after seeing some of the applications release by Google over the year( Google suggest, Google maps, GMail ...), I have been wondering how this is going to transform the web programming world. Now customers are going to expect the same from every other company. Its not going to be the same web programming world. The revolution has already began and Google has pioneered/propelled it and you follow it or you will be wiped off.

I came across this library which can be used in .NET. for implementing similar architecture of google.
below are the releavant links to know more.
http://weblogs.asp.net/mschwarz/
http://ajax.schwarz-interactive.de/
http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php