Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-08 Thread Ian Hickson
On Thu, 8 Aug 2013, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: 2013-08-08 0:08, Ian Hickson wrote: On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: 2013-08-06 17:45, Ian Hickson wrote: If such an application needs some bulk of text data, it can be included e.g. in script type=text/plain.../script but

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-08 Thread Charles McCathie Nevile
On Thu, 08 Aug 2013 01:08:54 +0400, Ian Hickson i...@hixie.ch wrote: On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: 2013-08-06 17:45, Ian Hickson wrote: If such an application needs some bulk of text data, it can be included e.g. in script type=text/plain.../script but not in a separate

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-08 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Charles McCathie Nevile cha...@yandex-team.ru wrote: On Thu, 08 Aug 2013 01:08:54 +0400, Ian Hickson i...@hixie.ch wrote: I don't understand why XHR doesn't work for you. I can see why not. Imagine an app that wants to collect all my current email when it

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-08 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
2013-08-08 9:13, Ian Hickson wrote: XHR uses the same underlying logic as img src= and script src=. If you're able to conjur a file up for img src= or script src=, then I don't see why you wouldn't be able to conjur it up for XHR. When a local HTML file is opened in a browser and it accesses

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-08 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Jukka K. Korpela jkorp...@cs.tut.fi wrote: 2013-08-08 9:13, Ian Hickson wrote: XHR uses the same underlying logic as img src= and script src=. If you're able to conjur a file up for img src= or script src=, then I don't see why you wouldn't be able to conjur it

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-08 Thread Ian Hickson
On Thu, 8 Aug 2013, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: 2013-08-08 9:13, Ian Hickson wrote: XHR uses the same underlying logic as img src= and script src=. If you're able to conjur a file up for img src= or script src=, then I don't see why you wouldn't be able to conjur it up for XHR. When

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-07 Thread Ian Hickson
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: 2013-08-06 17:45, Ian Hickson wrote: If such an application needs some bulk of text data, it can be included e.g. in script type=text/plain.../script but not in a separate plain text file (included into the application distribution,

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-07 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
2013-08-08 0:08, Ian Hickson wrote: On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: 2013-08-06 17:45, Ian Hickson wrote: If such an application needs some bulk of text data, it can be included e.g. in script type=text/plain.../script but not in a separate plain text file (included into the

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-06 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
2013-08-06 2:27, Ian Hickson wrote: On Thu, 7 Feb 2013, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: [...] It's a bit odd that if you wish to set up a standalone application running in a browser (often called HTML5 application, without implying any particular version of HTML5), you can include e.g. scripts and

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-06 Thread Ian Hickson
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: 2013-08-06 2:27, Ian Hickson wrote: On Thu, 7 Feb 2013, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: [...] It's a bit odd that if you wish to set up a standalone application running in a browser (often called HTML5 application, without implying any particular

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-06 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
2013-08-06 17:45, Ian Hickson wrote: If such an application needs some bulk of text data, it can be included e.g. in script type=text/plain.../script but not in a separate plain text file (included into the application distribution, along with other files) referred to via script src=.../script.

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-08-05 Thread Ian Hickson
On Thu, 7 Feb 2013, Neerja Anand wrote: Hello - it appears that XML data islands (originally created by Microsoft) have been discontinued in the newer browsers. We wanted to request they could be supported as an addon/plugin into the browser if not incorporated into the browser by default.

[whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-02-07 Thread Neerja Anand
Hello - it appears that XML data islands (originally created by Microsoft) have been discontinued in the newer browsers. We wanted to request they could be supported as an addon/plugin into the browser if not incorporated into the browser by default. We understand that this was a Microsoft only

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-02-07 Thread Mat Carey
I've been thinking about this too... We wanted to request they could be supported as an addon/plugin into the browser if not incorporated into the browser by default I came to the conclusion that if I care enough I should write a browser plugin having reverse engineered the data island spec

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-02-07 Thread Randy
As far as I'm aware, Data Blocks should be or is part of HTML5. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_XML_Data_Islands_in_Mozilla for more info. HTH Sent from your iPhone On 7 feb. 2013, at 15:47, Neerja Anand nee...@kynex.com wrote: Hello - it appears that XML data islands

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-02-07 Thread Alain Couthures
Le 07/02/2013 19:03, Jukka K. Korpela a écrit : It's a bit odd that if you wish to set up a standalone application running in a browser (often called HTML5 application, without implying any particular version of HTML5), you can include e.g. scripts and images in separate files but not plain

Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question

2013-02-07 Thread Neerja Anand
@lists.whatwg.org Subject: Re: [whatwg] XML data islands related question I've been thinking about this too... We wanted to request they could be supported as an addon/plugin into the browser if not incorporated into the browser by default I came to the conclusion that if I care enough I