SOP, 1.5.3, *not* hosted mode ...

[Brice]

Good morning,

I am working on a project that uses GWT in pure client-side mode, i.e.
there's no server. This is an interface for content on a CD/DVD (PDF
files, etc.). GWT provides the interface & search functionality by
loading XML files that contain meta-data about the content.

I develop in hosted mode, but soon after I get something working, I
compile and load up my static HTML/.js in target browsers (IE, Safari,
Firefox, etc.). With 1.5.3, what I found is that in compiled mode, IE
6, Safari 3.x, Firefox 3.x all work fine ... they can load the XML
data file, no worries. Worked in hosted mode, too. However, in IE 7, I
got an exception re: SOP. When I flip back to 1.5.2, IE 7 works.

What's going on here? I saw a number of threads (of very annoyed
developers) with respect to Hosted mode, but the changes there seemed
to be "protections" so that you wouldn't have different behaviour when
you move to compiled mode. I have the opposite. In 1.5.3, hosted mode
works fine, but compiled mode doesn't ... but only on IE 7. On top of
that, it works fine in other browsers - which I would expect (if
anything) to have more strict interpretations of SOP.

I'd love to move back to 1.5.3, but for now, I'm stuck with 1.5.2.

Thanks,
Brice

[Brice]

Has anyone else run into this? I am going to be working on a number of
similar "client-side only" projects and I would hate to be stuck at
1.5.2 for all eternity ... Is there an open issue for this already?
Not for hosted mode, but compiled mode?

Thanks!