- From: Ave Wrigley <ave.wrigley@itn.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:49:17 +0100
> Was there a concrete proposal that degrades sensibly? I suppose you > could do something like: > > > <select .. type="iso3166-2"> <option value="en">England <option > value="fr">France ... > > > Then, I suppose a client that was aware of the 'type="iso3166-2"' > format could replace the contents of the <select> with a list of its > own. If the page author provided a list item that the UA wasn't aware > of, the UA could leave that in the list, meaning that all the options > provided by the server would be included in the list. One advantage of > this is that the language/country names could be replaced with > versions in the user's native language. > > > However, this really changes the semantics to <select editable>, which > means that the server would have to be able to sensibly deal with > 'unknown' values. Plus, in this case, there's no way for the server to > restrict entries to ones it can deal with (what if your web site can > only provide an interface in English, French, and Spanish - do you use > a typed list or not?). And if you don't augment the list with new > entries, I don't really see the benefit. > > > Hmm, maybe it's better to let the site operator decide when they can > accept new options. If I recall correctly ... your concrete proposal is pretty close to the one I proposed earlier. I guess the simplest approach would be for the UA (if it supports iso selects) to ignore any options specified, and replace them with the appropriate options. I think trying to merge the two lists might get a bit complicated. I like the idea that a UA could localize the list of country name - another advantage! I think when you are using this control the server _has_ to be able to deal with unknown values (whether you provide a degradable list or not) - but in most cases I guess this shouldn't present a problem. Ave. -- Ave Wrigley, Head of Development, ITN New Media 200 Grays Inn Rd, Tel: +44-20-7430-4719 London WC1X 8XZ, Mob: +44-7713-986247 United Kingdom mailto:ave.wrigley at itn.co.uk
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