I think JSON is great, but the main problem with JSONRequest is implementations in other browsers.
Doug: Can you add any links to http://json.org/JSONRequest.html ? Jon Ferraiolo: I know you have been working with Microsoft on OpenAjax - Do you know how IE8 _might_ support JSON natively? Thanks, Ric Johnson http://json.Com On Jan 2, 2008 12:58 PM, Douglas Crockford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Below are comments from Doug Crockford: > > > > > [...] I believe there are more elegant and reliable approaches to > > > providing a safe alternatives to the script tag hack. > > > I'd be interested in hearing about such a proposal. > > One such proposal is JSONRequest (http://json.org/JSONRequest.html). An > implementation for FireFox is available at > http://crypto.stanford.edu/jsonrequest/. > > JSONRequest does not allow the server to abdicate its responsibility of > deciding if the data should be delivered to the browser. Therefore, no policy > language is needed. JSONRequest requires explicit authorization. Cookies and > other tokens of ambient authority are neither sent nor delivered. > > JSONRequest has a significantly nicer programming model than XMLHttpRequest. > > JSONRequest only supports one encoding format: JSON. Some people see this as > a disadvantage, but I think it is not. It can be used to wrap any other > format. > > {"xml": "<?xml..."} > > >
