Seam in Action is now available:

Seam is very powerful, but there's a lot to learn, so picking up a book like this really is essential. After using JavaServer Faces in a complex application, you will quickly find that the navigation and dependency injection capabilities in faces-config.xml just aren't sufficient. Seam is what you need.

The best chapter is, of course, Chapter 12 on Ajax. We really appreciate the time that Dan spent working with people at ICEfaces.org to enhance this chapter. In particular, Judy worked to port the Open18 application to ICEfaces. There is no question that the best information in print for ICEfaces is now found in Seam in Action.

I really only planned to mention Dan's book, but then this three legged dog showed up on our roof, and that's strange enough that I had to include it: