Re: Paul Burchard on HTML 2.0 FORMs

cho@oclc.org (Chung Jen Ho)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 94 14:50:19 EDT
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Subject: Re: Paul Burchard on HTML 2.0 FORMs
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In message <9407112200.AA15006@ulua.hal.com>, Dan Connolly writes:
> In message <94Jul11.143128pdt.2760@golden.parc.xerox.com>, Larry Masinter writes:
> >I'm thinking of some generalization where you say, instead of
> >type="AUDIO", do:
> >
> >  <input type="interactive"
> >        content="audio/basic">
> >
> >to request gathering audio data interactively, and instead of
> >type="SCRIBBLE", you do:
> >
> >  <input type="interactive"
> >        content="image/gif image/jpeg">
> >
> >to request gathering an image interactively.
> >
> >Finally, of course, I would want to wedge in something like
> >
> >  <input type="file" content="image/* audio/*">
> >
> It appears from this example that your design makes the FORM author
> the designer of the client user interface. One of the basic design
> principles of the web is that the client should be smart enough to do
> the interaction with the user in the "best" way, where best is subject
> to local considerations.
>From this point of view, in current practice, <INPUT TYPE="radio"> 
also makes the FORM author the designer of the client user interface.
In fact, all the INPUT types would make the FORM author the designer
of the client user interface. Using the ENCTYPE attribute of the FORM element
is an alternative to resolve the INPUT TYPE problem. However, we have
already crossed bridge. According to the current practice, we already
have a set of INPUT types.
It is important to define a set of fundamental INPUT types in HTML 2.0.
I agree to Larry's proposal which covers the missing fundamental types.

Chung-Jen Ho
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