Difference | Microsoft | Mozilla |
Member Names | Case insensitive? | Begins with lower case letter |
XMLHttpRequest Creation | New ActiveXObject ("Msxml2.XMLHTTP") | New XMLHttpRequest() |
XMLHttpRequest.open("some host") | OK | file:// documents can access http:// documents but you need to enable Universal BrowserRead privilege in your scripts. Additionally, "foo.com:80" and "foo.com:313" are considered different hosts for security purposes. You cannot open a connection to a different host. |
DOMParser CreationDOMParser() | Not available | New |
XMLSerializer CreationXMLSerializer() | Not available | New |
Table 1: The differences in "XML Extras" between Mozilla and Microsoft software.