Articles for July 2009
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cross-site xmlhttprequest with CORS
Editor’s Note: This article sure is a popular one! The Fetch API is now available in browsers and makes cross-origin requests easier than ever. Check out this Hacks post or the link above to learn more. XMLHttpRequest is used within many Ajax libraries, but till the release of browsers such as Firefox 3.5 and Safari […]
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(r)evolution number 5
We’ve just launched Firefox 3.5, and we’re incredibly proud. Naturally, we have engaged in plentiful Mozilla advocacy — this site is, amongst other things, a vehicle for showcasing the latest browser’s new capabilities. We like to think about this release as an upgrade for the whole World Wide Web, because of the new developer-facing features […]
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synchronous XHR requests in Firefox 3.5
This post is from Doug Turner who has previous written about Geolocation. Doug works on Mozilla’s mobile project. XMLHttpRequests (XHR) can be either synchronous or asynchronous. Although most people use asynchronous requests there are instances where you might want to use a synchronous request. That is, wait until the XMLHttpRequest call completes to continue executing […]
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another great CSS media query demo
This demo is from Daniel Glazman who works actively on web standards and is a long-time mozilla contributor. CSS Media Queries were originally a proposal submitted to the CSS Working Group by Opera Software and are now implemented in Firefox 3.5. In short, Media Queries extend the media declaration attached to a stylesheet to allow […]
