Hacking Gmail

56 Part II — Getting Inside Gmail
First, open up a directory on a website. You’ll need to access it via a proper
domain, you see. Create the directory, and make sure your browser can see it. In
that directory, place a text file, called Listing.txt, and put the exclamation
“Horrible!” inside the file. Bear with me.
Then create an HTML file, containing the code in Listing 5-1, and save this file
to the directory you created earlier.
Listing 5-1: Listing.html — Showing XMLHttpRequest
var xmlhttp=false;
try {
xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject(“Msxml2.XMLHTTP”);
} catch (e) {
try {
xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject(“Microsoft.XMLHTTP”);
} catch (E) {
xmlhttp = false;
}
}
if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!=’undefined’) {
xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
function Listing1() {
xmlhttp.open(“GET”, “Listing.txt”,true);
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4) {
alert(xmlhttp.responseText)
}
}
xmlhttp.send()
}
My Dog Has No Nose.