Re: Recent spec change to XMLHttpRequest default Content-Type

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:17:32 +0200, Carsten Orthbandt  
<carsten@pixeltamer.net> wrote:
>> The specification is still in development. That you considered it stable
>> is an error on your side, unfortunately.
>
> Yes. But then there's reality...

The reality required the specification to change.


> Following that argument you could as well completely change the meaning  
> of the readyState field and expect the rest of the world to happily  
> accept that.

No you can't.


> This specification isn't some upfront design that you can wrangle in any  
> way you like and as long as you like. It is a documentation after the  
> fact. It is certainly wise to exactly lay down how XMLHttpRequest is  
> supposed to behave. But introducing serious changes and then pointing at  
> the draft status is just unrealistic.

It's not a serious change. It's how XMLHttpRequest works in the real  
world. The reason Firefox 3 shows errors in the error console and Firefox  
2 does not is because Firefox 2 never reported stuff in the error console  
for XMLHttpRequest.


-- 
Anne van Kesteren
<http://annevankesteren.nl/>
<http://www.opera.com/>

Received on Friday, 15 June 2007 09:20:13 UTC