>- see footer for list info -< Now this is someone who definately has far too much time to go surfing wiki's.
But thanks for the pub quiz info. Paul > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [CF-Dev] Ajax Style Layout? > Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:23:01 +0100 > > >- see footer for list info -< > Thanks Russ > > I feel soooo much more well informed now :) > > 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 -< _______________________________________________ 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 -<
