Is it possible to disable AJAX without disabling JavaScript completely?

Question

Is it possible to disable AJAX without disabling JavaScript completely?

Answer 1

You can replace the browser tool to make AJAX (XMLHttpRequest object) with your own that does nothing.

XMLHttpRequest = function(){}
XMLHttpRequest.prototype = {
    open: function(){},
    send: function(){}
}

Be sure that your replacement code executes before any AJAX call.

This will work for any browser that implement AJAX through the XMLHttpRequest object but will not work for IE. For IE, you may have to overload the CreateObject() function if possible...