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ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP") was important but it was introduced with IE 5 in 2001 and it was a few years before it was available everywhere. DHTML (D for D
by ksherlock 3y ago
ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP") was important but it was introduced with IE 5 in 2001 and it was a few years before it was available everywhere. DHTML (D for Dynamic) started in 1997 or so with IE 4. XmLHtTpReQuEsT wasn't entirely novel -- people were using iframe tricks to make server requests. iframe hackery continued for a few years afterwards since xmlHTTPrequest support was still iffy.