[XHR] Authorization header

2009-04-01 Thread Alexey Proskuryakov
Per the current XHR spec draft, the Authorization header cannot be set from JavaScript for security reasons. As far as I know, no shipping browser blocks it - and when we started blocking it in WebKit, it caused a compatibility problem, https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24957 . What

Re: [XHR] Authorization header

2009-04-01 Thread Alexey Proskuryakov
On 01.04.2009, at 13:49, Anne van Kesteren wrote: Consistency with cross-origin requests where they need to be blocked to prevent distributed dictionary attacks. I actually thought Opera already blocked this header and the next Firefox release will do so as well. According to

[widgets] Widget spec plan presented to BONDI Steering Group

2009-04-01 Thread Arthur Barstow
All - on March 30 I attended the BONDI Steering Group's f2f meeting in Cambridge, MA US. In the interest of aligning our Widgets specs with BONDI, I said the following regarding my expectations for Widgets spec publication for the next three months. I made it clear that I spoke solely as a

Re: [XHR] Authorization header

2009-04-01 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:32:34 +0200, Alexey Proskuryakov a...@webkit.org wrote: Per the current XHR spec draft, the Authorization header cannot be set from JavaScript for security reasons. As far as I know, no shipping browser blocks it - and when we started blocking it in WebKit, it caused

[widgets] Agenda for 2 April 2009 Voice Conference; NOTE TIME CHANGE FOR NON-US!

2009-04-01 Thread Arthur Barstow
Below is the draft agenda for the April 2 Widgets Voice Conference (VC). Inputs and discussion before the meeting on all of the agenda topics via public-webapps is encouraged (as it can result in a shortened meeting). Logistics: *** NOTE TIME CHANGE FOR non-US PARTICIPANTS *** Time:

[DOM3Events] Regards for teleconference of 4/1/2009

2009-04-01 Thread Travis Leithead
Carmelo and I waited for awhile, but ultimately send our regards. Hopefully we'll be able to meet up with the rest of the group next week. PS. Doug, please update the editor's draft!