[whatwg] XMLHttpRequest abort

http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#scripted-http

> abort 
> Cancels any network activity for which the object is responsible 
> and returns readyState to 0 (Uninitialised).

If the connection is synchronous, browsers differ: FireFox aborts the 
connection if abort() is called from a timeout thread, IE6 and Opera 
8 do not. FireFox's behaviour lets script authors use any "timeout" 
they prefer, thought using a setTimeout may be a bit clunky. Can we 
standardise this behaviour?
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Hallvord Reiar Michaelsen Steen
http://www.hallvord.com/

Received on Wednesday, 22 June 2005 01:14:41 UTC