I had this post half-written in my head about how Daily Kos’s implementation of an Ajax-based commenting system was proof that the typical knock on Ajax technology — that it’s not yet ready for heavy-volume commercial sites — was totally wrong. Daily Kos isn’t a commercial site per se, but it’s hugely high-traffic, so if they’re doing it, that means it works, right?
Unfortunately, the new commenting code is slow and ugly. So, uh, perhaps not ready for prime-time yet after all.