var Request = new Object();
Request.send = function(url, method, callback, data) {
	var req;	
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		req = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}
	req.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if (req.readyState == 4) {// only if req shows "loaded"
			if (req.status < 400) {// only if "OK"
				(method=="POST") ? callback(req) : callback(req,data);
			} else {
				alert("There was a problem loading data :\n" + req.status+ "/" + req.statusText);
			}
		}
	}
	if (method=="POST") {
		req.open("POST", url, true);
		req.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
		//req.setRequestHeader('Connection','close'); //STUPID 400 FF ERROR FIX
		req.send(data);
	} else {		
		req.open("GET", url, true);
		req.send(null);
	}
	
	return req;
}

Request.sendPOST = function(url, data, callback) {
	Request.send(url, "POST", callback, data);
}
Request.sendGET = function(url, callback, args) {
	return Request.send(url, "GET", callback, args);
}