[Bug 12715] When used to include data blocks (as opposed to scripts), the data must be embedded inline

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12715

Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> 2011-11-04 06:32:15 UTC ---
Oh wait. "data block" needs the data embedded inline. Having it external with
src="" won't work since the script isn't fetched if type is not supported.
IIRC, browsers converged on not fetching such scripts for perf reasons.
However, I guess a new attribute could be minted to explicitly enable fetching
external (but same-origin) data blocks and making them available to scripts for
reading, as an alternative to XHR.

Why is XHR not good enough?

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Received on Friday, 4 November 2011 06:43:11 UTC