--- a/Overview.html	Fri Nov 25 09:26:57 2011 +0100
+++ b/Overview.html	Fri Nov 25 09:36:17 2011 +0100
@@ -135,11 +135,9 @@
 
   <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
 
-  <p>The <code><a href="#xmlhttprequest">XMLHttpRequest</a></code> object implements an interface exposed
-  by a scripting engine that allows scripts to perform HTTP client
-  functionality, such as submitting form data or loading data from a
-  server. It is the ECMAScript HTTP API.
+  <p>The <code><a href="#xmlhttprequest">XMLHttpRequest</a></code> object is the ECMAScript HTTP API.
   <a class="informative" href="#refsECMASCRIPT">[ECMASCRIPT]</a>
+  <!-- XXX elaborate on options -->
 
   <p>The name of the object is <code><a href="#xmlhttprequest">XMLHttpRequest</a></code> for compatibility
   with the Web, though each component of this name is potentially
@@ -150,6 +148,7 @@
   supports "requests" in a broad sense of the term as it pertains to HTTP;
   namely all activity involved with HTTP requests or responses for the
   defined HTTP methods.</p>
+  <!-- XXX need to improve point 2 -->
 
   <div class="example">
    <p>Some simple code to do something with data from an XML document
@@ -338,9 +337,6 @@
 
   <h2 id="interface-xmlhttprequest"><span class="secno">4 </span>Interface <code title="">XMLHttpRequest</code></h2>
 
-  <p>The <code><a href="#xmlhttprequest">XMLHttpRequest</a></code> object can be used by scripts to issue
-  HTTP requests.</p>
-
   <pre class="idl">[NoInterfaceObject]
 interface <dfn id="xmlhttprequesteventtarget">XMLHttpRequestEventTarget</dfn> : <a class="external" href="http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#eventtarget">EventTarget</a> {
   // <a href="#event-handlers">event handlers</a>

--- a/Overview.src.html	Fri Nov 25 09:26:57 2011 +0100
+++ b/Overview.src.html	Fri Nov 25 09:36:17 2011 +0100
@@ -142,11 +142,9 @@
 
   <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
 
-  <p>The <code>XMLHttpRequest</code> object implements an interface exposed
-  by a scripting engine that allows scripts to perform HTTP client
-  functionality, such as submitting form data or loading data from a
-  server. It is the ECMAScript HTTP API.
+  <p>The <code>XMLHttpRequest</code> object is the ECMAScript HTTP API.
   <span data-anolis-ref class=informative>ECMASCRIPT</span>
+  <!-- XXX elaborate on options -->
 
   <p>The name of the object is <code>XMLHttpRequest</code> for compatibility
   with the Web, though each component of this name is potentially
@@ -157,6 +155,7 @@
   supports "requests" in a broad sense of the term as it pertains to HTTP;
   namely all activity involved with HTTP requests or responses for the
   defined HTTP methods.</p>
+  <!-- XXX need to improve point 2 -->
 
   <div class="example">
    <p>Some simple code to do something with data from an XML document
@@ -345,9 +344,6 @@
 
   <h2>Interface <code title>XMLHttpRequest</code></h2>
 
-  <p>The <code>XMLHttpRequest</code> object can be used by scripts to issue
-  HTTP requests.</p>
-
   <pre class="idl">[NoInterfaceObject]
 interface <dfn id="xmlhttprequesteventtarget">XMLHttpRequestEventTarget</dfn> : <span data-anolis-spec=dom>EventTarget</span> {
   // <a href="#event-handlers">event handlers</a>