dou W wrote:
> it seem in Windows IE , the plugin or extension could not do a xmlhttp
> request to remote host which is not the current access web site,
> my question is, in firefox, is there still
> a cross-domain problem ? if yes, how could i work around it?
> thanks

If you are running as an extension then your code can access any server
it likes. Web content though is restricted to the same host I believe.

Dave

On 24-Aug-07, at 10:02 AM, Dave Townsend wrote:

> dou W wrote:
>> it seem in Windows IE , the plugin or extension could not do a
>> xmlhttp
>> request to remote host which is not the current access web site,
>> my question is, in firefox, is there still
>> a cross-domain problem ? if yes, how could i work around it?
>> thanks
>
> If you are running as an extension then your code can access any
> server
> it likes. Web content though is restricted to the same host I believe.
>
> Dave

The cross site script issue is only a problem if the javascript is in
the Webpage. Javascripts that are in extensions do not suffer from
this problem.

Chris

thanks, that's what i want to know!!

On 8/24/07, Chris Jordan wrote:
>
>
>
> On 24-Aug-07, at 10:02 AM, Dave Townsend wrote:
>
> > dou W wrote:
> >> it seem in Windows IE , the plugin or extension could not do a
> >> xmlhttp
> >> request to remote host which is not the current access web site,
> >> my question is, in firefox, is there still
> >> a cross-domain problem ? if yes, how could i work around it?
> >> thanks
> >
> > If you are running as an extension then your code can access any
> > server
> > it likes. Web content though is restricted to the same host I believe.
> >
> > Dave
>
> The cross site script issue is only a problem if the javascript is in
> the Webpage. Javascripts that are in extensions do not suffer from
> this problem.
>
> Chris
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