Re: [FileAPI] FileWriter and read-only files

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:

> > createWriter method to the objects in the HTMLInputElement.files array
> > (a new subclass of File), to create a writer for the underlying file.
>
> That would violate the user expectation that files provided using a file
> upload control on a form can't be damaged by the site.
>

To enable this, you would say something like <input type=file file=writable>
as I suggested earlier, which would allow the UA to show appropriate
information to the user.

-- 
Glenn Maynard