- From: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:56:31 +0100
- To: "Web APIs WG \(public\)" <public-webapi@w3.org>
> * vendors are not allowed or simply won't implement some other
> vendors' proprietary extensions. The proposed text does not
> prohibit that and e.g. ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") has
> been implemented in more than just one browser, even though it
> follows a vendor-name naming convention.
erm, the XmlHttpRequest Object specifically does not follow a vendor-naming
convention, but does illustrate the problem of having 3 different names for
ostensibly the same thing.
> And it is indeed very simple
> compared to creating the object in all the relevant user agents
> http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/xmlhttpreq.html
Not an ideal example, as it specifically doesn't support all user agents
who've implemented the object.
Jim.
Received on Sunday, 23 April 2006 19:58:29 UTC