- From: Bronislav Klučka <Bronislav.Klucka@bauglir.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:11:58 +0100
- CC: "public-webapps@w3.org" <public-webapps@w3.org>
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 >> >> >> >> >> >>
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