text: var type = type = require('type-of');
  
  var jsonpID = 0,
      document = window.document,
      key,
      name,
      rscript = /<script\b[^<]*(?:(?!<\/script>)<[^<]*)*<\/script>/gi,
      scriptTypeRE = /^(?:text|application)\/javascript/i,
      xmlTypeRE = /^(?:text|application)\/xml/i,
      jsonType = 'application/json',
      htmlType = 'text/html',
      blankRE = /^\s*$/
  
  var ajax = module.exports = function(options){
    var settings = extend({}, options || {})
    for (key in ajax.settings) if (settings[key] === undefined) settings[key] = ajax.settings[key]
  
    ajaxStart(settings)
  
    if (!settings.crossDomain) settings.crossDomain = /^([\w-]+:)?\/\/([^\/]+)/.test(settings.url) &&
      RegExp.$2 != window.location.host
  
    var dataType = settings.dataType, hasPlaceholder = /=\?/.test(settings.url)
    if (dataType == 'jsonp' || hasPlaceholder) {
      if (!hasPlaceholder) settings.url = appendQuery(settings.url, 'callback=?')
      return ajax.JSONP(settings)
    }
  
    if (!settings.url) settings.url = window.location.toString()
    serializeData(settings)
  
    var mime = settings.accepts[dataType],
        baseHeaders = { },
        protocol = /^([\w-]+:)\/\//.test(settings.url) ? RegExp.$1 : window.location.protocol,
        xhr = ajax.settings.xhr(), abortTimeout
  
    if (!settings.crossDomain) baseHeaders['X-Requested-With'] = 'XMLHttpRequest'
    if (mime) {
      baseHeaders['Accept'] = mime
      if (mime.indexOf(',') > -1) mime = mime.split(',', 2)[0]
      xhr.overrideMimeType && xhr.overrideMimeType(mime)
    }
    if (settings.contentType || (settings.data && settings.type.toUpperCase() != 'GET'))
      baseHeaders['Content-Type'] = (settings.contentType || 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
    settings.headers = extend(baseHeaders, settings.headers || {})
  
    xhr.onreadystatechange = function(){
      if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
        clearTimeout(abortTimeout)
        var result, error = false
        if ((xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status < 300) || xhr.status == 304 || (xhr.status == 0 && protocol == 'file:')) {
          dataType = dataType || mimeToDataType(xhr.getResponseHeader('content-type'))
          result = xhr.responseText
  
          try {
            if (dataType == 'script')    (1,eval)(result)
            else if (dataType == 'xml')  result = xhr.responseXML
            else if (dataType == 'json') result = blankRE.test(result) ? null : JSON.parse(result)
          } catch (e) { error = e }
  
          if (error) ajaxError(error, 'parsererror', xhr, settings)
          else ajaxSuccess(result, xhr, settings)
        } else {
          ajaxError(null, 'error', xhr, settings)
        }
      }
    }
  
    var async = 'async' in settings ? settings.async : true
    xhr.open(settings.type, settings.url, async)
  
    for (name in settings.headers) xhr.setRequestHeader(name, settings.headers[name])
  
    if (ajaxBeforeSend(xhr, settings) === false) {
      xhr.abort()
      return false
    }
  
    if (settings.timeout > 0) abortTimeout = setTimeout(function(){
        xhr.onreadystatechange = empty
        xhr.abort()
        ajaxError(null, 'timeout', xhr, settings)
      }, settings.timeout)
  
    // avoid sending empty string (#319)
    xhr.send(settings.data ? settings.data : null)
    return xhr
  }
  
  
  // trigger a custom event and return false if it was cancelled
  function triggerAndReturn(context, eventName, data) {
    //todo: Fire off some events
    //var event = $.Event(eventName)
    //$(context).trigger(event, data)
    return true;//!event.defaultPrevented
  }
  
  // trigger an Ajax "global" event
  function triggerGlobal(settings, context, eventName, data) {
    if (settings.global) return triggerAndReturn(context || document, eventName, data)
  }
  
  // Number of active Ajax requests
  ajax.active = 0
  
  function ajaxStart(settings) {
    if (settings.global && ajax.active++ === 0) triggerGlobal(settings, null, 'ajaxStart')
  }
  function ajaxStop(settings) {
    if (settings.global && !(--ajax.active)) triggerGlobal(settings, null, 'ajaxStop')
  }
  
  // triggers an extra global event "ajaxBeforeSend" that's like "ajaxSend" but cancelable
  function ajaxBeforeSend(xhr, settings) {
    var context = settings.context
    if (settings.beforeSend.call(context, xhr, settings) === false ||
        triggerGlobal(settings, context, 'ajaxBeforeSend', [xhr, settings]) === false)
      return false
  
    triggerGlobal(settings, context, 'ajaxSend', [xhr, settings])
  }
  function ajaxSuccess(data, xhr, settings) {
    var context = settings.context, status = 'success'
    settings.success.call(context, data, status, xhr)
    triggerGlobal(settings, context, 'ajaxSuccess', [xhr, settings, data])
    ajaxComplete(status, xhr, settings)
  }
  // type: "timeout", "error", "abort", "parsererror"
  function ajaxError(error, type, xhr, settings) {
    var context = settings.context
    settings.error.call(context, xhr, type, error)
    triggerGlobal(settings, context, 'ajaxError', [xhr, settings, error])
    ajaxComplete(type, xhr, settings)
  }
  // status: "success", "notmodified", "error", "timeout", "abort", "parsererror"
  function ajaxComplete(status, xhr, settings) {
    var context = settings.context
    settings.complete.call(context, xhr, status)
    triggerGlobal(settings, context, 'ajaxComplete', [xhr, settings])
    ajaxStop(settings)
  }
  
  // Empty function, used as default callback
  function empty() {}
  
  ajax.JSONP = function(options){
    if (!('type' in options)) return ajax(options)
  
    var callbackName = 'jsonp' + (++jsonpID),
      script = document.createElement('script'),
      abort = function(){
        //todo: remove script
        //$(script).remove()
        if (callbackName in window) window[callbackName] = empty
        ajaxComplete('abort', xhr, options)
      },
      xhr = { abort: abort }, abortTimeout,
      head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0]
        || document.documentElement
  
    if (options.error) script.onerror = function() {
      xhr.abort()
      options.error()
    }
  
    window[callbackName] = function(data){
      clearTimeout(abortTimeout)
        //todo: remove script
        //$(script).remove()
      delete window[callbackName]
      ajaxSuccess(data, xhr, options)
    }
  
    serializeData(options)
    script.src = options.url.replace(/=\?/, '=' + callbackName)
  
    // Use insertBefore instead of appendChild to circumvent an IE6 bug.
    // This arises when a base node is used (see jQuery bugs #2709 and #4378).
    head.insertBefore(script, head.firstChild);
  
    if (options.timeout > 0) abortTimeout = setTimeout(function(){
        xhr.abort()
        ajaxComplete('timeout', xhr, options)
      }, options.timeout)
  
    return xhr
  }
  
  ajax.settings = {
    // Default type of request
    type: 'GET',
    // Callback that is executed before request
    beforeSend: empty,
    // Callback that is executed if the request succeeds
    success: empty,
    // Callback that is executed the the server drops error
    error: empty,
    // Callback that is executed on request complete (both: error and success)
    complete: empty,
    // The context for the callbacks
    context: null,
    // Whether to trigger "global" Ajax events
    global: true,
    // Transport
    xhr: function () {
      return new window.XMLHttpRequest()
    },
    // MIME types mapping
    accepts: {
      script: 'text/javascript, application/javascript',
      json:   jsonType,
      xml:    'application/xml, text/xml',
      html:   htmlType,
      text:   'text/plain'
    },
    // Whether the request is to another domain
    crossDomain: false,
    // Default timeout
    timeout: 0
  }
  
  function mimeToDataType(mime) {
    return mime && ( mime == htmlType ? 'html' :
      mime == jsonType ? 'json' :
      scriptTypeRE.test(mime) ? 'script' :
      xmlTypeRE.test(mime) && 'xml' ) || 'text'
  }
  
  function appendQuery(url, query) {
    return (url + '&' + query).replace(/[&?]{1,2}/, '?')
  }
  
  // serialize payload and append it to the URL for GET requests
  function serializeData(options) {
    if (type(options.data) === 'object') options.data = param(options.data)
    if (options.data && (!options.type || options.type.toUpperCase() == 'GET'))
      options.url = appendQuery(options.url, options.data)
  }
  
  ajax.get = function(url, success){ return ajax({ url: url, success: success }) }
  
  ajax.post = function(url, data, success, dataType){
    if (type(data) === 'function') dataType = dataType || success, success = data, data = null
    return ajax({ type: 'POST', url: url, data: data, success: success, dataType: dataType })
  }
  
  ajax.getJSON = function(url, success){
    return ajax({ url: url, success: success, dataType: 'json' })
  }
  
  var escape = encodeURIComponent
  
  function serialize(params, obj, traditional, scope){
    var array = type(obj) === 'array';
    for (var key in obj) {
      var value = obj[key];
  
      if (scope) key = traditional ? scope : scope + '[' + (array ? '' : key) + ']'
      // handle data in serializeArray() format
      if (!scope && array) params.add(value.name, value.value)
      // recurse into nested objects
      else if (traditional ? (type(value) === 'array') : (type(value) === 'object'))
        serialize(params, value, traditional, key)
      else params.add(key, value)
    }
  }
  
  function param(obj, traditional){
    var params = []
    params.add = function(k, v){ this.push(escape(k) + '=' + escape(v)) }
    serialize(params, obj, traditional)
    return params.join('&').replace('%20', '+')
  }
  
  function extend(target) {
    var slice = Array.prototype.slice;
    slice.call(arguments, 1).forEach(function(source) {
      for (key in source)
        if (source[key] !== undefined)
          target[key] = source[key]
    })
    return target
  }