DISAGREE: Proposal: INPUT TYPE=FILE in HTML 2.0

Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@oclc.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 94 10:46:18 EDT
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Subject: DISAGREE: Proposal: INPUT TYPE=FILE in HTML 2.0
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> From: cho@oclc.org (Chung Jen Ho)
	[^^^^^^^^^^^^  That's weird for starters.  You sure have
	picked up a lot of new staff, Stu ;-)
	sendmail.cf problem?]

> >>Topic: Level 2 Features
> >>Proposal: INPUT TYPE=FILE
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> Good point! We are modifying Mosaic to include the file transfer feature.
> This will push us to release the patches as soon as possible.

Oh dear.  Plaese don't let our view of HTML be totally driven by the
current look of Mosaic.

We can't you jst allow the user hit a hotkey to allow a file to be inserted
into *any* field?   Don't confuse the mechanics of how the data gets
in there with the specification of what the field can accept.
(Suppose I want o paste something in?  maybe I need a
INPUT=PASTE?  (That was sarcasm.))
Personally, I want to be able to drop an icon into a field.
It could represent a URI or the content of an object. I don't want
to worry about whether it is a local file or not in the latter case.

> I'll submit examples and test cases, too, and a proposed extensions to the  
DTD.
> Two immediate application examples:
> 1. WIT: people may submit multimedia documents to WIT server.

All this comes about because Mosaic doesn't allow you to create
noe documents, as it can't edit.  I want to see the
WIT "Agree" button in the client, causing it to create a new document
with a typed link tothe given one, to be edited (maybe have
a file dumped into it) and POSTed on File/Save.

> 2. A "submit a paper for a conference" service.

Just use HTTP POST.  With NO FORM.  


> Chung-Jen Ho
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