Chapter 4. Using Ajax to Dynamically Populate Lists: A Stock Picker

Covert Ajax

Covert Ajax

Who would’ve thought that Ajax has a connection to conflict in the Middle East? In 1953 the United Kingdom and United States collaborated in a covert operation to overthrow Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. Operation Ajax was a short-term success but did little to stabilize relations between Iran and the West, as the 1979 Islamic Revolution and events thereafter have proved.

A fairly common user interface design in Web pages is to use multiple selection lists to allow users to pick hierarchical data. A good example is a city/state/country selection, where a list ...

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