As I stated earlier, the prototype.js library is too large for just using AJAX. In its current version (1.4.0_pre10) it weighs 36KB and contains lots of other features that are most probably not needed when just dealing with AJAX.
I have therefore created a smaller version just for AJAX, based on 1.4.0_pre10: pt.ajax.js 8.9K
It now has only a quarter of size and still provides some nice features such as $ as a wrapper of document.getElementById.
Creating this was not too difficult: it is merely a combination of 4 files that make up prototype.js:
- HEADER (needs modification from the original prototype.js)
- prototype.js (without includes)
- base.js
- ajax.js
Just do copy and paste into a new files, i.e. copying each file to the bottom of your new javascript file.
As you can see, you can easily create your own customized (smaller!) version of prototype.js to fit your needs.
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