Ajax & Cross-browsers

[Rajan Chinna]

Does Ajax code work across all major browsers? Is there any specific things to consider while coding for xBrowsers?

If javascript setting is blocked at the browser, does the code still function?

[Liyaquat Ali]

Ajax required javascript, and as long as the javascript code is cross browser compatible the Ajax code will work.

[Eric Pascarello]

Liyaquat,

Your statement is a little broad since it requires a little more than JavaScript to see if it will work. Here is a list of browsers that support the XMLHttpRequest Object: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequest#History_and_support

With IE 6 and under, certain settings of ActiveX being disabled will cause it to not work.

Eric

[Sas Jacobs]

Ajax requires slightly different JavaScript approaches in each browser so the code works a little differently. You can use cross browser libraries or write code that branches.

Ajax can also use XSLT to apply transformations. To do this on the client side, you'd have to use IE5+, Mozilla 1+ or Opera 9+. Opera 8 has no XSLT support.

Cheers

Sas Jacobs

[Liyaquat Ali]

Thanks for the information Eric and Sas,

Definitely, Ajax does require a bit more then just compatible Javascript.