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Dutch business graduate and programmer. Enjoys working with and blogs about: Django, Python, Symfony and Prototype. Currently experiencing entrepreneurship at
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Jim Warner responded on 02 Nov 2007 at 7:27 pm #
We have developed a javascript application that enables users to select individual DOM elements from an HTML page for display. It runs on Firefox with codebase principals enabled and from an IE HTA. These approaches provide the cross-site read capability we need to extract the DOM object from an IFRAME.
To run on the WebKit browser, we have thought that developing a browser-side plugin that could communicate with the javascript might be a solution.
Your approach might be an alternative, but it sounds like it is server-based. What thoughts do you have about a project that would result in this capability for WebKit users?
Jim Warner responded on 02 Nov 2007 at 8:37 pm #
I have run the test code for Safari on Ralf Engshall’s site at
http://trainofthoughts.org/repo/export/jquery/jquery.xsajax.test.html
It seems to work as expected which is encouraging that WebKit will work with this. This test and re-reading your description of your cross-site plugin makes me realize your approach is not server-based and may be very likely to provide the cross-site read capability we need.
I have downloaded prototype and looked through the code. It looks to me that we could distribute with our code only the subset that your plugin requires, so the size will be smaller.
Then I downloaded your plugin and noted in the code your special handling of WebKit.
All in all, I am further encouraged this approach may work for us and I would most like to know why you might think it wouldn’t or what special requirements we may have to meet.
I look forward to hearing from you.