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> XMLHttpRequest is not a hack. It was deliberately developed by Microsoft as part of Internet Explorer to enable desktop-like functionality in Outlook Web Acce
by hcarvalhoalves 14y ago
> XMLHttpRequest is not a hack. It was deliberately developed by Microsoft as part of Internet Explorer to enable desktop-like functionality in Outlook Web Access.
I believe you tried to correct me, but you proved my point even further.
Desktop-like functionality on a software meant to navigate between linked documents is simply a broken interaction model.
- melchebo 14y agoOr you see it as a finishing off the implementation of the hypermedia model's original idea of transclusion.