Re: Elements and Blob

Does anybody have any link / thread name to that discussion? I cannot 
find it (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/)
and I really wonder about the reasons for dismissal (it is technically 
not change but addition).

Brona

On 14.2.2012 21:58, Charles Pritchard wrote:
> This was covered and dismissed in earlier form with element.saveData semantics in IE.
>
> It's really unnecessary. We an cover the desired cases without this level of change.
>
>
>
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 12:08 PM, Bronislav Klučka<Bronislav.Klucka@bauglir.com>  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> regarding current discussion about Blobs, URL, etc. I'd like to have following proposition:
>> every element would have following additional methods/fields:
>>
>> Blob function saveToBlob();
>> that would return a blob containing element data  (e.g. for img element that would be image data, for p element that would be basically innerHTML, for input it would be current value, for script it would be either script element content [if exists], or it would be empty blob [if src is used]). With CORS applied here. There are progress events needed.
>>
>> void function loadFromBlob(Blob blob);
>> that would load the blob content as element content (e.g. for img element it would display image data in that blob [no changes to src attribute], for p element that would be basically innerHTML, for input it serve as value, for script this would load data as script (and element content) and execute it [no changes to src attribute]). Function should create no reference between element and blob, just load blob data. There are progress events needed.
>>
>> attribute Blob blob;
>> that would do the same as loadFromBlob, but it would also create reference between element and blob
>>
>>
>> and why that:
>> 1/ saveToBlob - would create easy access to any element data, we are already talking about media elements (canvas, image), I see no point of limiting it. Do you want blob from image or textarea? Just one function.
>>
>> 2/ loadFromBlob, blob - could solve current issue with createObjectUrl (that functionality would remain as it is): no reference issues, intuitive usage
>>
>>
>>
>> Brona
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

Received on Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:12:22 UTC