[wp-hackers] Slim WordPress by way of Google Ajax API?

[Aaron D. Campbell]

I agree, relying on them is probably not a great idea for core, but 
plugins or themes could make some great use of it.

As a side note, I'm still a little bitter about their SOAP search API.

Joost de Valk wrote:
> We've seen Google kill API's before... (remember their SOAP search API 
> anyone?) So I would not start relying on it, but for themes it could 
> rock.
>
> Best,
> Joost