On Wednesday, August 12, 2009, Anne van Kesteren <ann...@opera.com> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:57:51 +0200, Jonas Sicking <jo...@sicking.cc> wrote: >> xhr.open("GET", myFile.slice(x, y).fileDataURI); >> xhr.send(); > > FWIW I'm opposed to abusing XMLHttpRequest in this way and I actually think > that when using the filedata URL scheme some kind of exception needs to be > thrown. Similarly to when you would use mailto or something.
Why? / Jonas