That's true for <img src="data:..."> too. Technically that's also not needed. Same with <img src="blob:...">
I think there's a lot of value in ensuring that all URL schemes work in all APIs that handle URLs. Otherwise the concept of a URL sort of falls apart. / Jonas On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 2:46 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you saying it's possible to use 'data:' requests with XHR? What's > the sense for this? The data is already on the client... > > 2013/9/19 Hallvord Steen <[email protected]>: >> Hi, >> I see Gecko "fakes" a Content-Length header (visible to >> getAllResponseHeaders()) when you load a data: URL with XHR. This is wrong >> per the spec (which is explicitly requiring only a single Content-Type >> response header) but it looks more like a feature than a bug.. Should we >> spec it? >> >> Test: >> http://w3c-test.org/web-platform-tests/master/XMLHttpRequest/data-uri-basic.htm >> (subtest getAllResponseHeaders()) >> Current spec text: >> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/xhr/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#data:-urls-and-http >> -Hallvord R >> > > > > -- > "Si quieres viajar alrededor del mundo y ser invitado a hablar en un > monton de sitios diferentes, simplemente escribe un sistema operativo > Unix." > – Linus Tordvals, creador del sistema operativo Linux >
