Originally Posted by Dray So its still javascript using some new module?

Ugh, I hate people referring to AJAX as just JavaScript. It is a combination of technologies:
To quote Adaptive Path:

• standards-based presentation using XHTML and CSS;
• dynamic display and interaction using the Document Object Model;
• data interchange and manipulation using XML and XSLT;
• asynchronous data retrieval using XMLHttpRequest;
• and JavaScript binding everything together.

In the shorthand AJAX, JavaScript is only one of the four characters. Remember that. (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML)