Added my bugfixes and removed the triggerAjax and handleAjax functions since they are no longer needed afaik :)

ajax/ajax.js

@@ -4,24 +4,60 @@
 
 if ( typeof XMLHttpRequest == 'undefined' && typeof window.ActiveXObject == 'function') {
 	var XMLHttpRequest = function() {
-		return new ActiveXObject((navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('msie 5') >= 0) ? 
+		return new ActiveXObject((navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('msie 5') >= 0) ?
 			"Microsoft.XMLHTTP" : "Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
 	};
 }
 
+//
+// Counter for holding the active query's
+$.xmlActive=0;
+
 $.xml = function( type, url, data, ret ) {
 	var xml = new XMLHttpRequest();
 
 	if ( xml ) {
+		//
+		// Increase the query counter
+		$.xmlActive++;
+
+		//
+		// Show loader if needed
+		if ($.xmlCreate)
+			$.xmlCreate();
+
+		//
+		// Open the socket
 		xml.open(type || "GET", url, true);
 
 		if ( data )
 			xml.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
 
+		//
+		// Set header so calling script knows that it's an XMLHttpRequest
+		xml.setRequestHeader('X-Requested-With', 'XMLHttpRequest');
+
+		/* Force "Connection: close" for Mozilla browsers to work around
+		 * a bug where XMLHttpReqeuest sends an incorrect Content-length
+		 * header. See Mozilla Bugzilla #246651.
+		 */
+		if ( xml.overrideMimeType )
+			xml.setRequestHeader('Connection', 'close');
+
 		xml.onreadystatechange = function() {
 			if ( xml.readyState == 4 ) {
 				if ( ret ) ret(xml);
-				$.triggerAJAX( $.httpData(xml) );
+
+				//
+				// Decrease counter
+				$.xmlActive--;
+
+				//
+				// Hide loader if needed
+				if ($.xmlActive <= 0) {
+					if ($.xmlDestroy)
+						$.xmlDestroy();
+				}
 			}
 		};
 
@@ -54,21 +90,6 @@ $.postXML = function( url, data, ret ) {
 	$.post( url, data, ret, "xml" );
 };
 
-// Global AJAX Event Binding
-// Requested here:
-// http://jquery.com/discuss/2006-March/000415/
-
-$.fn.handleAJAX = function( callback ) {
-	$.ajaxHandles = $.merge( $.ajaxHandles, this.cur );
-	return this.bind( 'ajax', callback );
-};
-
-$.ajaxHandles = [];
-$.triggerAJAX = function(data){
-	for ( var i = 0; i < $.ajaxHandles.length; i++ )
-		triggerEvent( $.ajaxHandles[i], 'ajax', [data] );
-};
-
 // Dynamic Form Submission
 // Based upon the mailing list post at:
 // http://jquery.com/discuss/2006-March/000424/
@@ -87,8 +108,13 @@ $.fn.serialize = function(callback) {
 
 $.param = function(a) {
 	var s = [];
-	for ( var i in a )
+	if (a && typeof a == 'object' && a.constructor == Array) {
-	s[s.length] = i + "=" + encodeURIComponent( a[i] );
+		for ( var i=0; i < a.length; i++ )
+			s[s.length] = a[i]['name'] + "=" + encodeURIComponent( a[i]['value'] );
+	} else {
+		for ( var i in a )
+			s[s.length] = i + "=" + encodeURIComponent( a[i] );
+	}
 	return s.join("&");
 };
 
@@ -120,3 +146,45 @@ $.fn.load = function(a,o,f) {
 	});
 	return this;
 };
+
+/**
+ * function:	$.fn.formValues
+ * usage: 		$('#frmLogin').formValues()
+ * docs:			Gets the form values and creates a key=>value array of the found values (only for ENABLED elements!)
+ */
+$.fn.formValues = function() {
+	var a = new Array();
+	this.find("input[@type='submit'],input[@type='hidden'],textarea,input[@checked],input[@type='password'],input[@type='text'],option[@selected]")
+		.filter(":enabled").each(function() {
+			o = {};
+			o['name'] = this.name || this.id || this.parentNode.name || this.parentNode.id;
+			o['value'] = this.value;
+			a.push(o);
+		});
+	return a;
+};
+
+/**
+ * function:	$.update
+ * usage:		$.update('someJQueryObject', 'someurl', 'array');
+ * docs:			Mimics the ajaxUpdater from prototype. Posts the key=>value array to the url and
+ *					puts the results from that call in the jQuery object specified.
+ *					--> If you set the blnNoEval to true, the script tags are NOT evaluated.
+ */
+$.update = function(objElement, strURL, arrValues, fncCallback) {
+	$.post(strURL, arrValues, function(strHTML) {
+		//
+		// Update the element with the new HTML
+		objElement.html(strHTML);
+
+		//
+		// Evaluate the scripts
+		objElement.html(strHTML).find("script").each(function(){
+			try { eval( this.text || this.textContent || this.innerHTML ); } catch(e){}
+		});
+
+		//
+		// Callback handler
+		if (fncCallback) fncCallback();
+	});
+};