Example remotable.js for Protytpe 1.6 and jQuery 1.3.2 with livequery

remotable.jquery132.js

jQuery.ajaxSetup({
    'beforeSend': function(xhr) {xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/javascript");}
  });

  $('a[data-remote="true"]').live('click', function(e) {
    var $link = $(this);

    var method = $link.attr('data-method') || 'get';
    var url = $link.attr('href');
    var type = (method == 'get') ? 'GET' : 'POST';
    var token = $link.attr('data-authenticity_token');
    var data = "_method=" + method;
    data += '&authenticity_token=' + token;
    
    $.ajax({
      type: type,
      url: url,
      data: data,
      dataType: 'script',
      beforeSend: function() {
        $link.trigger('link:beforeSend');
      },
      success: function() {
        $link.trigger('link:success');
      }, 
      error: function(response, status, error) {
        $link.trigger('link:error', [response, status, error]);
      },
      complete: function() {
        $link.trigger('link:complete');
      }
    });

    e.preventDefault();
  });

  $("form[data-remote='true']").livequery('submit',function(e){
    $this = $(this);
    var method = $this.find('input[name=_method]').val() ||
      $this.attr('data-method') ||
      $this.attr('method'); 
    
    var url = $this.attr('action');
    var type = (method == 'get') ? 'GET' : 'POST';
    var data = $this.serialize() + "&_method=" + method;
    
    $.ajax({
      type: type,
      url: url,
      data: data,
      dataType: 'script',
      beforeSend: function() {
        $this.trigger('form:beforeSend');
      },
      success: function() {
        $this.trigger('form:success');
      }, 
      error: function(response, status, error) {
        $this.trigger('form:error', [response, status, error]);
      },
      complete: function() {
        $this.trigger('form:complete');
      }
    });

    e.preventDefault();
    
  });
   
});

remotable.prototype16.js

document.observe("dom:loaded", function () {

  $(document.body).observe("click", function(event) {
    var $link = event.findElement("a");
    if($link && 'true' == $link.readAttribute('data-remote')) {
      var method = $link.readAttribute('data-method') || "get";
      var token = $link.readAttribute('data-authenticity_token') || null;
      var params = {authenticity_token: token};
      if (method == 'get') {
        params = null;
      }
      new Ajax.Request($link.readAttribute('href'), {
        method: method, 
        parameters: params,
        onLoaded: function() {
          $link.fire('link:beforeSend');
        },
        onSuccess: function() {
          $link.fire('link:success');
        }, 
        onFailure: function(response, status, error) {
          $link.fire('link:error', [response, status, error]);
        },
        onComplete: function() {
          $link.fire('link:complete');
        }          
      });
      event.stop();
    }

    elem = event.findElement('input');
    var form = elem && elem.up('form[data-remote="true"]');
    if(elem && 'submit' == elem.readAttribute('type') && form) {
      form.request(
        {onLoaded: function() {
          $link.fire('form:beforeSend');
        },
        onSuccess: function() {
          $link.fire('form:success');
        }, 
        onFailure: function(response, status, error) {
          $link.fire('form:error', [response, status, error]);
        },
        onComplete: function() {
          $link.fire('form:complete');
        }
      });
      event.stop();
    }
  });

  $(document.body).observe("keydown", function(event) {
    if(event.keyCode == Event.KEY_RETURN) {
      var elem = event.findElement('input');
      if(elem) {
        elem.up('form').request();
        event.stop();
      }
    }

  });

});