Creating an instance of the object used to make AJAX calls
Nowadays, AJAX is a ubiquitous technology in the IT world. When you need to create the object used to send asynchronous requests to a server, you might face the browser-difference problem. Here is a JavaScript function you could use to overcome this problem:
// The following function creates an XMLHttpRequest object function createHttpRequest() { if (typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined") //NOT IE { return new XMLHttpRequest(); } else if (window.ActiveXObject) // IE { var sVersions = [ "MSXML2.