Good idea, bad implementation.
XmlHttpRequest was as bad a name choice as JsonRequest.
There should be a data agnostic API used to communicate any kind of data across web sites, with security in mind.
Name it HttpRequest, period.
XmlHttpRequest was as bad a name choice as JsonRequest.
There should be a data agnostic API used to communicate any kind of data across web sites, with security in mind.
Name it HttpRequest, period.
Just one that allows same/remote connections and a few methods: get the data and check for errors.
The parsing and validation should be done on the client after the data has been received and for that we have xml parsers and json parsers.
The data transfer should have nothing to do with its format or content.