Re: Accessing Object Parameters from an Embedded SVG

Jeff Schiller wrote:
[off-list]
> I'm not well-versed on the history behind document.domain and how "the
> web depends on it being writable".  Can someone send me a pointer?

document.domain is used to change the effective domain of web pages in certain 
limited ways to allow communication between subdomains of the same domain.  The 
first Google hit on "document.domain" is the MSDN documentation for its behavior 
in IE, which is a good description of how things work.

> It would have
> been great if HTMLObjectElement had an accessible "params" NodeList
> readonly attribute :(

Yes, indeed.  It's not too late to add that!

-Boris

Received on Thursday, 13 March 2008 19:12:05 UTC