if('XDomainRequest' in window && window.XDomainRequest !== null) {
   $.ajaxTransport("+*", function( options, originalOptions, jqXHR ) {
       // verify if we need to do a cross domain request
       // if not return so we don't break same domain requests
       if (typeof options.crossDomain === 'undefined' || !options.crossDomain) {
           return;
       }

        var xdr;

        return {
            send: function( headers, completeCallback ) {
                // Use Microsoft XDR
                xdr = new XDomainRequest();
                xdr.open("get", options.url); // NOTE: make sure protocols are the same otherwise this will fail silently
                xdr.onload = function() {
                    if(this.contentType.match(/\/xml/)){
                        var dom = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
                        dom.async = false;
                        dom.loadXML(this.responseText);
                        completeCallback(200, "success", [dom]);
                    } else {
                        completeCallback(200, "success", [this.responseText]);
                    }
                };

                xdr.onprogress = function() {};

                xdr.ontimeout = function(){
                    completeCallback(408, "error", ["The request timed out."]);
                };

                xdr.onerror = function(){
                    completeCallback(404, "error", ["The requested resource could not be found."]);
                };

                xdr.send();
            },
            abort: function() {
                if(xdr) xdr.abort();
            }
        };
    });
}
