Index: src/ajax.js
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--- src/ajax.js	(revision 5495)
+++ src/ajax.js	(working copy)
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 jQuery.fn.extend({
+	// Keep a copy of the old load
+	_load: jQuery.fn.load,
+	
 	load: function( url, params, callback ) {
-		if ( jQuery.isFunction( url ) )
-			return this.bind("load", url);
+		if ( typeof url != 'string' )
+			return this._load( url );
 
 		var off = url.indexOf(" ");
 		if ( off >= 0 ) {
Index: test/unit/event.js
===================================================================
--- test/unit/event.js	(revision 5495)
+++ test/unit/event.js	(working copy)
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@
 	ok( $("a.test:first").triggerHandler("click") === false, "Handler is bound to appendTo'd elements" );
 });
 
-test("click()", function() {
-	expect(5);
+test("trigger() shortcuts", function() {
+	expect(6);
 	$('<li><a href="#">Change location</a></li>').prependTo('#firstUL').find('a').bind('click', function() {
 		var close = $('spanx', this); // same with $(this).find('span');
 		equals( close.length, 0, "Context element does not exist, length must be zero" );
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@
 	};
 	$('#simon1').click();
 	equals( clickCounter, 1, "Check that click, triggers onclick event handler on an a tag also" );
+	
+	//try triggering load with $().load() used to fail
+	$('<img />').load(function(){
+		ok( true, "Trigger the load event, using the shortcut .load(), used to fail.");
+	}).load();
 });
 
 test("unbind(event)", function() {