Can anyone who's following the specification more closely and has experience with how these things usually work estimate when Cross-Site XMLHttpRequest will become a Recommendation and start getting supported by the browsers?
A:
I haven't been following the specification.
Given that IE6 is still in common use 5 years after IE7 came out, it'll take a long time (10 years?) before this can be reliably counted on to exist in browsers.
In the mean time, consider using jsonp for non-sensitive data. Granted, you shouldn't be transmitting sensitive information without encrypting it to begin with...
R. Bemrose
2009-04-13 20:30:13
Thanks, but I was asking when this will *start* getting supported only...
Jaka Jančar
2009-04-13 20:34:28
Heck, we're still stuck with developing for IE5. Our wheels turn *very* slowly, grinding along on axles of solid incompetence.
skaffman
2009-12-20 13:33:28
A:
when Cross-Site XMLHttpRequest will become a Recommendation
When:
- It is ready
- There are two independent, compatible implementations
- The wheels of bureaucracy have turned far enough
start getting supported by the browsers
Ages ago. Firefox 3.5 supports it, for instance.
David Dorward
2009-12-20 13:14:18