function createRequestObject() {
    var ro;
    var browser = navigator.appName;
    if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
        ro = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }else{
        ro = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    return ro;
}

var http = createRequestObject();

function ajax(url,targetID) {
    http.open('get', url);
	 http.setRequestHeader( "If-Modified-Since", "Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT" ); 
    http.send(null);
	 http.onreadystatechange=function() {handleResponse(targetID)}; }

function handleResponse(targetID) {
	if(http.readyState == 4){
/*
		var response = http.responseText;
        var update = new Array();

        if(response.indexOf('|' != -1)) {
            update = response.split('|');
            document.getElementById('bookmarks').innerHTML = update[1];
        }
*/
		document.getElementById(targetID).innerHTML = http.responseText;
	}
}