function makeRequest(url,requestHandler, args) {
	//alert(url+" "+requestHandler);
	var http_request = false;
	if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
		try {
			http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try {
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {}
		}
	}

	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}

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

	var passArgs = "";
	if(args != null){
		for(var i in args){
			passArgs += ",args["+i+"]";
		}
	}

	http_request.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
			if (http_request.status == 200) {
				eval(requestHandler + '(http_request'+passArgs+');');
			}
		}
	};

	http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	http_request.send(null);
}