- From: Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:10:12 -0700
- To: "Web Applications Working Group WG" <public-webapps@w3.org>
The File object is useful for uploading files via XHR. It provides functionality for data to be retrieved from a file submitted to a formusing the input type "file". It is currently a Working Draft: http://www.w3.org/TR/file-upload/ http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/FileUpload/publish/FileUpload.html Implemented differently in Firefox 3. http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/nsIDOMFile https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371432 An example in Firefox 3: http://dhtmlkitchen.com/ape/example/form/Form.html It is a useful feature for in-page file upload, without resorting toIFRAME hackery. What is the status of File Upload? Firefox 3's implementation is different than the w3c working draft.The spec author seems to have abandoned that, so now there's a working draft which seems to be collecting dust for a couple of years. What is going on with File Upload specification? It would be a useful feature, but with only a half-legged attempt at a spec that the author abandoned, and a different implementation in Firefox 3, other browsers probably won't implement this functionality any time soon. It's useful in Firefox 3, and would be even better if there were some mime-type sniffing (mediaType). There seems to be a need for failing test cases,, so implementations can fill in the "???"'s. Any other suggestions for getting this thing done? Garrett
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