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Cross-Site XHR

I guess Ryan forgot to specify that Cross-Site XMLHttpRequest didn't make the cut for Fx 3.0.x: "plain" XHR has been a Mozilla feature since pre-Firefox days.

Cross-site XHR was added in an early Fx 3 beta, but after some debate (and me adding a NoScript option to block it by default), the capability to send background requests toward sites different from the originator has been ditched for security/privacy concerns.

It's gonna be back in Fx 3.1 with a more standardized and careful implementation.

Posted by: Giorgio Maone   Posted on: 08/07/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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