Re: XMLHttpRequest Object feedback

2006-05-14 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:58:27 +0200, Bjoern Hoehrmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: example) would contain a user name and password. I *assume* you're referring to the userinfo production in RFC3986; e.g., http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/path/?query It may be better to use this terminology

Re: XMLHttpRequest Object feedback

2006-05-14 Thread Bjoern Hoehrmann
* Anne van Kesteren wrote: Internet Explorer removed support for illegal HTTP URLs such as the one you've provided above because it has been abused too much in phishing mails. For other schemes where this is perfectly valid, like ftp, it works just fine in Internet Explorer. What does IE

Re: XMLHttpRequest Object feedback

2006-05-12 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Mon, 01 May 2006 19:17:27 +0200, Mark Nottingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Well, another way to set these headers is letting the author do it. So I can see why there's a requirement on UAs here from that perspective... I was thinking of something like UAs must not allow the

Re: XMLHttpRequest Object feedback

2006-04-21 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:04:53 +0200, Mark Nottingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great stuff! A few quick comments on the draft; * responseText attribute - type the response as an HTTP entity explicitly (you already do this for the request data); that way, there's no ambiguity about what

Re: XMLHttpRequest Object feedback

2006-04-21 Thread Bjoern Hoehrmann
* Mark Nottingham wrote: example) would contain a user name and password. I *assume* you're referring to the userinfo production in RFC3986; e.g., http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/path/?query It may be better to use this terminology (userinfo) explicitly, along with an appropriate reference.

Re: XMLHttpRequest Object feedback

2006-04-21 Thread Mark Nottingham
On 2006/04/21, at 6:34 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: * responseText attribute - type the response as an HTTP entity explicitly (you already do this for the request data); that way, there's no ambiguity about what level the implementation operates at. I.e., XHR won't give you direct access

Re: XMLHttpRequest Object feedback

2006-04-06 Thread Mark Nottingham
The Referer header MUST be set, and MUST NOT be overridable; once cross-site XHR is available, sites will want to use it for security, logging, etc. I don't agree with this, a user agent MUST be allowed to anonymise browsing, tracking users is not a suitable reason for changing this