Mozilla - what to use instead of httpRequest?

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"Mark" <mxc@mweb.nospam.co.za> wrote:
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>Hi all,
>What standard compliant method or methods is there that I can use to repolace
>the MS only, but very cool, methods of the httprequest object that allow
>one to send and receive xml from the server.
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>Thanks
>Mark
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