Description

I'd like to propose that we refactor loadRemoteFile and move the following code to a separate function:

	var x;
	try
		{
		x = new XMLHttpRequest(); // Modern
		}

	catch(e)
		{
		try
			{
			x = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); // IE 6
			}
		catch (e)
			{
			return null;
			}
		}

Perhaps called getXMLHttpObject. That way it can be easily re-used.