Ajax recommendation

[eluser]bretticus[/eluser]
You can't go wrong with jquery. The core version supports basic effects: http://docs.jquery.com/Effects. What I really like about jquery is that you can easily separate your jquery logic from your html (you can obviously do this with basic javscript, but jquery makes it so easy.) This comes in real handy when you change layouts or change controls from checkboxes to radio buttons, etc (possibly bad example for lack of time.) It's very clean clean and it's good SEO practice to boot (hijax.) Don't get me wrong, I love scriptaculous. Especially for building some amazing GUI effects. I just prefer jquery for the reasons mentioned above. It's a good match for templates and views in my opinion.