Patching `XMLHttpRequest` for AngularJS and Internet Explorer < 10. It replaces the original `window.XMLHttpRequest` with a thin interface that only implements the parts AngularJS core uses. Missing methods of `XDomainRequest` are fed with `angular.noop`.

xdomainrequest.js.coffee

# A XMLHttpRequest wrapper for IE < 10.
# When it comes to cross domain ajax requests, it uses XDomainRequest instead.
# ** Only supports GET and POST requests! **

# Targeting IE < 10
# https://github.com/amcintyre-cs/strophejs-plugins/commit/b0a6ff2571bb70dd2f6f65c46034f4e47d75d564
return unless window.XDomainRequest and !("withCredentials" in window.XMLHttpRequest)

OriginalXMLHttpRequest = window.XMLHttpRequest
window.location.origin ?= window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host

# Determine whether the requested URL is in another domain.
isXDomain = (requestUrl) ->
  if requestUrl[0] == '/'
    return false if requestUrl.length == 1 # '/' is same domain

    # '/....' is same domain
    # '//...' is cross domain
    return if requestUrl[1] == '/' then true else false

  requestUrl.slice(0, window.location.origin.length) != window.location.origin

class window.XMLHttpRequest

  open: (method, url, others...) ->

    if !isXDomain(url)
      @implementation = new OriginalXMLHttpRequest

      # Updates the properties when readystate changes.
      @implementation.onreadystatechange = () =>
        # Updates properties
        if @implementation.readyState == 4
          for prop in ['readyState', 'status', 'responseText']
            @[prop] = @implementation[prop]

        # Invoke the callback bound on 'this'
        @onreadystatechange() if @onreadystatechange

      # Borrow the methods in OriginalXMLHttpRequest.
      for func in ['abort', 'getAllResponseHeaders', 'getResponseHeader', 'send', 'setRequestHeader']
        do (func) =>
          @[func] = () ->
            @implementation[func](arguments...)

    else
      @implementation = new XDomainRequest

      # Updates the properties when the request is fully loaded
      # (XDomainRequest has no onreadystatechange!)
      @implementation.onload = () =>
        # Updates properties
        @responseText = @implementation.responseText

        # Missing properties in XDomainRequest
        @readyState = 4
        @status = 200

        # Invoke the callback bound on 'this'
        @onreadystatechange() if @onreadystatechange

      # Borrow the methods in XDomainRequest.
      @abort = () -> @implementation.abort(arguments...)
      @send =  () -> @implementation.send(arguments...)

      # Missing methods in XDomainRequest
      for func in ['getResponseHeader', 'getAllResponseHeaders', 'setRequestHeader']
        do (func) =>
          @[func] = angular.noop

    @implementation.open method, window.encodeURI(url)

Be sure to remove window.encodeURI in the last line if you already encoded your URLs!