On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Adrian Bateman wrote: > > [filedata:] > > There is a limit on the size of data-uris in IE8 (32K I think). I expect > addressing this will be a higher priority than a new handler but I agree > that copying around large strings is problematic. One of the main use cases Google has in mind here is local preview of images and videos. Given a 5MB image file, we're talking about a 6MB URL. With a 1GB video, we're talking about a 1.3GB URL. Even if the 6MB URL is feasible... -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'Received on Thursday, 5 November 2009 18:03:34 GMT
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