Re: [File API] events vs callbacks

On Wednesday, August 12, 2009, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:57:51 +0200, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> wrote:
>> xhr.open("GET", myFile.slice(x, y).fileDataURI);
>> xhr.send();
>
> FWIW I'm opposed to abusing XMLHttpRequest in this way and I actually think that when using the filedata URL scheme some kind of exception needs to be thrown. Similarly to when you would use mailto or something.

Why?

/ Jonas