- From: Arun Ranganathan <arun@mozilla.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:57:08 -0700
- To: Eric Uhrhane <ericu@google.com>
- CC: Web Applications Working Group WG <public-webapps@w3.org>, public-device-apis <public-device-apis@w3.org>
On 6/2/10 3:48 PM, Eric Uhrhane wrote: > Sure, why not? Why would this be limited to File objects? > > A File is supposed to refer to an actual file on the local hard drive. > A Blob is a big bunch of data that you might want to do something > with. There's nothing special about a File when it comes to what > you're doing with the data. > > Just as we moved File.url up to Blob, I think File.readAsDataURL > belongs there too. > Fair enough; I'm amenable to moving it. So specifically, you're okay with a DataURL on a Blob? It might not be anything useful; with a File, you at least have the possibility of a whole unsliced image file. Could you give me a use case where this is really useful for Blob objects? Also, above you probably mean specifying that readAsDataURL (a method on FileReader) works on Blob objects, not "File.readAsDataURL" ;-) -- A*
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