[Bug 11482] WF2: Change accept="" to accept file extensions as well as MIME types (maybe based on whether they start with a period)

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11482

Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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  Status Whiteboard|Awaiting implementation     |
                   |experience of existing      |
                   |accept="" feature           |

--- Comment #17 from Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> 2011-12-07 20:14:05 UTC ---
Henri: Based on comment 11, I would be forced to conclude that providing a MIME
type at all is a waste of time, and hat we should remove that feature and
replace it with one that takes extensions, to see if that works instead. That
seems highly unlikely to be the actual situation (I would guess that since
operating systems these days actually have applications register MIME types and
extensions alike, they would often both work, especially for more standard
types like images), hence my desire to get more implementation experience.

My guess is that data will show that both MIME types and extensions have their
place, but both should be purely advisory, never _preventing_ users from
uploading their files.

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Received on Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:14:09 UTC