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K -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Snake Sent: 06 April 2009 15:14 To: 'Coldfusion Development' Subject: RE: [CF-Dev] Ajax Style Layout? >- see footer for list info -< Well actually Peter :-) Ajax cleanser (or Ajax brand cleanser with bleach) is a powdered household and industrial cleaner introduced by Colgate-Palmolive in 1947. Its slogan was "Stronger than dirt!", a reference to the mythical character Ajax. The slogan would be used again for its Ajax Laundry Detergent, when introduced in the early-1960s, with an armed knight riding a white horse. In addition, a widely mocked commercial in the late-1970s/early-1980s declared, "Armed...with Ajax!" In the UK character actress Ann Lancaster appeared on the "It cleans like a white tornado" television advertisements. The first commercial jingle heard on television in the United States was for Ajax Cleanser in 1948. The jingle was "You'll stop paying the elbow tax, when you start cleaning with Ajax". The Ajax name was successfully transferred to an entire line of household cleaning products and detergents; the line enjoyed its greatest success in the 1960s and early 70s. Ajax All-Purpose Cleaner with Ammonia, introduced in 1962, was the first major competitor to Mr. Clean, which Procter and Gamble debuted in 1958. The success of the so-called "White Tornado" forced Procter and Gamble to introduce its own ammoniated cleaner, Top Job, beginning in 1963. Other Ajax products included Ajax Bucket of Powder, an ammoniated power floor cleaner, introduced in 1943; Ajax Laundry Detergent in 1994; Ajax Window Cleaner with Hex ammonia in 1965, and a short-lived spray cleaner in 1960. The last successful Ajax line extension, Ajax for Dishes, debuted in 1971; now known as Ajax Dishwashing Liquid, it and the flagship powdered cleanser are the only two Ajax products sold to consumers by Colgate. The brand name continues on a line of institutional detergents, cleaners and disinfectants. Colgate-Palmolive Company sold the U. S. and Canadian rights to the Ajax brand name on laundry detergents, as well as to other laundry products as Fib and Cold Power, to Phoenix Brands in 2005. Ajax Laundry Detergent was available in a liquid formula, with and without bleach alternative, beginning in the mid 1980s. In case you wanted to know - Russ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Boughton Sent: 06 April 2009 14:28 To: Coldfusion Development Subject: Re: [CF-Dev] Ajax Style Layout? >- see footer for list info -< The term "ajax" is ultimately just a buzz-word for processing HTTP requests & responses with JavaScript (as opposed to using normal hyperlinks and form submissions which the browser handles). Technically, the term derived from one method of doing this, however frequently it is neither XML-based nor Asynchoronous - but since "JRR" (Javascript Remote Request) isn't a particularly memorable/pronouncable term, whereas Ajax is a popular Greek hero (and a toilet cleaner), so it has stuck. Anyway... The BBC site will (almost certainly) use "ajax" for storing preferences, but the actual functionality is nothing more than a combination of CSS and JavaScript techniques, that have nothing directly to do with ajax (other than being popularised around the same time). Your best bet is probably to look at one of the many JavaScript libraries around which make all this simpler for you. jQuery and jQuery UI are very popular ones, and worth checking out, but others exist also. (www.jquery.com and www.jqueryui.com are the relevant addresses) Hope that all helps? _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -< _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -< _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -<
