var xmlTwitterHttp

    function show_twitter()
    {
    
        document.getElementById("twitter").innerHTML="Loading...." 
        var url="resources/scripts/twitter/show_twitter.php"
        xmlTwitterHttp=GetXmlHttpObject(twitterStateChanged)
        xmlTwitterHttp.open("GET", url , true)
        xmlTwitterHttp.send(null)
    } 

    function twitterStateChanged() 
    { 
        if (xmlTwitterHttp.readyState==4 || xmlTwitterHttp.readyState=="complete")
        { 
          document.getElementById("twitter").innerHTML=xmlTwitterHttp.responseText 
        } 
    } 

    function GetXmlHttpObject(handler)
    { 
        var objXmlHttp=null
        if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")>=0)
        {
            
            objXmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest()
            objXmlHttp.onload=handler
            objXmlHttp.onerror=handler 
            return objXmlHttp
            
        }
        if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>=0)
        { 
            var strName="Msxml2.XMLHTTP"
            if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 5.5")>=0)
            {
                strName="Microsoft.XMLHTTP"
            } 
            try
            { 
                objXmlHttp=new ActiveXObject(strName)
                objXmlHttp.onreadystatechange=handler 
                return objXmlHttp
            } 
            catch(e)
            { 
                alert("Error. Scripting for ActiveX might be disabled") 
                return 
            } 
        } 
        if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mozilla")>=0)
        {
            objXmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest()
            objXmlHttp.onload=handler
            objXmlHttp.onerror=handler 
            return objXmlHttp
        }
    }