function ajaxInstance(){
	var http_request = false;

    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
      http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
      try {
        http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (e) {
        try {
          http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {}
      }
    }

    if (!http_request) {
      alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
      return false;
    }
    return http_request;
}