> Where Firebug has recognised the server response text as json - but > the form plugin (or jquery) is still reporting success. > > Obviously there is more to this than I understand. All clues and > guesses are very welcome as this is new territory for me.
As a browser plugin Firebug has access to a lot more information than the js executing within the context of a page. When the form plugin is forced to use an iframe to handle the response it is not possible for it to access the http headers to interrogate the response status. Mike
