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		SahAssar on March 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innov... For historical context: XMLHttpRequest was invented for outlook web access, so the idea and usecase preceded gmail.

astrange on March 17, 2021 [–]

The first time I saw it was in Google's Orkut, their first failed social network. But it did have cool AJAX.

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