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[_] AJAX Cleaner

Tim Beadle tim.beadle at gmail.com
Thu May 22 11:16:44 BST 2008

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Oliver Humpage <oliver at watershed.co.uk> wrote:
> Hasn't Ajax cleaner been around (and in the UK) for decades (1947 according
> to the pedia of wiki)? Named after the really strong Greek God.

Indeed. See also: Comet (server-push, a bit like Ajax but different),
"[d]eliberately named after a kitchen cleaner":
http://www.slideshare.net/simon/time-for-comet/4

Tim