[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 91964] Add "webkitBackgroundRequest" property to XMLHttpRequest

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91964


Liam Quinn <lquinn at rim.com> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Liam Quinn <lquinn at rim.com>  2012-07-31 14:49:54 PST ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> We should just stop XMLHttpRequest from poping up HTTP auth dialogs all the time.

That sounds reasonable to me, but it does go against http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/, which says "If authentication fails, XMLHttpRequest origin and the request URL are same origin, Authorization is not in the list of author request headers, request username is null, and request password is null, user agents should prompt the end user for their username and password."

Current versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Opera all prompt the user on a 401 from XHR. Safari does not.

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