Oops, sorry, answered to public-html instead of whatwg, resend...
2007/6/29, Kristof Zelechovski:
IE7 does not allow XML-HTTP-Requesting a local file whether it exists or not.
Yes, and note that other browsers I've tested (Firefox, Opera 9 and Safari for Windows) return 0 as xhr.status and an empty string as xhr.statusText when the file exists. -- Thomas Broyer
