Can I load a web worker script from an absolute URL?

Question

I haven\'t been able to get something like this to work:

var myWorker = new Worker(\"http://example.com/js/worker.js\");

In my Firebug cons

Answer 1

Not to mention...

Just about anytime you have a Cross-Origin Restriction Policy, there's no counterpoise to the file system (file://path/to/file.ext) - Meaning, the file protocol triggers handling for this policy.

This goes for "dirty images" in the Canvas API as well.

Hope this helps =]