//alternative ajax
function sendRequest(url, element_ID)
{
	//var arg = url;
	//url = "content.php?q=" + url;
	var element_ID;
	var http_request = false;

	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
	{ 	// Mozilla, Safari,...
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
	
		//if (http_request.overrideMimeType)
		//{
			//http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
			// See note below about this line
		//}
	} 
	else if (window.ActiveXObject)
	{ // IE
		try
		{
			http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} 
		catch (e)
		{
			try
		{
		http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	} 
	catch (e) {}
	}
	}
	
	if (!http_request)
	{
		alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
		return false;
	}
	
	http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(http_request,element_ID); };
	http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	http_request.send(null);
}


function alertContents(http_request,element_ID)
{
	if (http_request.readyState == 4)
	{
		if (http_request.status == 200)
		{
			document.getElementById(element_ID).innerHTML=http_request.responseText;
		}
		else
		{
			alert('There was a problem with the request.');
		}
	}
	else
	{
		document.getElementById(element_ID).innerHTML = 'loading...';
	}
}