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title: "Explain the limitations of AJAX."  
description: "Explain the limitations of AJAX."  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-09-02  
updated: 2020-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2123/explain-the-limitations-of-ajax  
category: "asp.net"  
tags: ["asp.net"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Explain the limitations of AJAX.

The following are the limitations of AJAX:

It is difficult to bookmark a particular state of the application.

Function provided in the code-behind file do not work because the dynamic pages cannot register themselves on browsers history engine automatically.

If JavaScript is disabled, then AJAX is not able to perform any work.

Response time may be slow because different controls of a page are loaded at different time.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

The following are the limitations of AJAX:

It is difficult to bookmark a particular state of the application.

Function provided in the code-behind file do not work because the dynamic pages cannot register themselves on browsers history engine automatically.

If JavaScript is disabled, then AJAX is not able to perform any work.

Response time may be slow because different controls of a page are loaded at different time.


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