Just wanted to post this link before I left for California and my 5 day vacation (woohoo!) I haven't forgotten about my two part Leaflink series and will get back to that when I return.
This is a Greasemonkey script that I found online that allows you to see the data being sent back and forth between your browser and the server on Ajax calls. The output is displayed in the javascript console. I think this is a great extension to have if you are doing any Ajax work. Check it out.
http://blog.monstuff.com/archives/000250.html
Output of the script run against google suggest:
[via: ajaxian]