Index: src/ajax.js
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--- src/ajax.js	(revision 6489)
+++ src/ajax.js	(working copy)
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@
 							"notmodified" :
 							"success";
 
+                if (s.ready) s.ready(xhr, status);
+
 				if ( status === "success" ) {
 					// Watch for, and catch, XML document parse errors
 					try {
@@ -462,8 +464,9 @@
 		}
 
 		function success(){
-			// If a local callback was specified, fire it and pass it the data
-			if ( s.success ) {
+			var handler = s[xhr.status] || s.success;
+            // If a local callback was specified, fire it and pass it the data
+			if ( handler ) {
 				s.success( data, status );
 			}
 
@@ -495,9 +498,10 @@
 	},
 
 	handleError: function( s, xhr, status, e ) {
+        var handler = s[xhr.status] || s.error;
 		// If a local callback was specified, fire it
-		if ( s.error ) {
-			s.error( xhr, status, e );
+		if ( handler ) {
+			handler( xhr, status, e );
 		}
 
 		// Fire the global callback