Use jQuery.ajax (or it's wrapper functions such as jQuery.getJSON) to  
cover all cross-browser issues.

And as indirectly suggested above. JSONP is the solution for cross- 
domain scripting.
What it means is that that source (in this case toolserver) has a URL  
parameter (say &callback=), the script then returns the folllowing:

callback({ my: 'data' });

This is the exception / work-around to same origin policiy as it can  
be done through a simple script tag because there is a callback.
This callback function can be dynamic and generated on the fly with  
jQuery by using a ? as callback

Example:

http://toolserver.org/~krinkle/tmp/jsonp_example.php?callback=myFunc

jQuery.getJSON( 'http://toolserver.org/~krinkle/tmp/jsonp_example.php?callback= 
?', function(data){
   alert(data.hello); }
);

Op 1 feb 2011, om 19:06 heeft Daniel Kinzler het volgende geschreven:

> Hi all!
>
> what's the best way to get around the same original policy to fetch  
> data from
> the toolserver with a XMLHTTPRequest in a Wikipedia gadget? Is there  
> a best
> practice, a nice and easy, generally usable method? what would it  
> take to make one?
>
> I know that some gadgets have been doing this, but I also know that  
> it's a bit
> tricky. I think a general solution to this, documented somewhere,  
> would make
> life a lot easier... does something like this exist? if not, why not?
>
>
> -- daniel
>
>
> PS: while i'm at it, is there a wrapper function for XMLHTTPRequest  
> in the
> standard MEdiaWiki JS? I don't want to re-invent a sucky wheel :)
>
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