- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:04:46 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Hallvord Reiar Michaelsen Steen wrote: > > This part of the WF2 spec about the file upload: "accept" attribute > seems a bit odd to me: > > > UAs may allow the user to override the MIME type to be one of the > > allowable types if the file is originally incorrectly labeled (but > > should not allow users to override the type merely to let > > submission continue, as that would defeat the point of having a > > restriction in the first place) > > How is the UA to allow the user to override a MIME type and how on > earth is it supposed to know the user's motivation for doing so? Something like: +---------------------------------------------------+ | Pick file for upload | +---------------------------------------------------+ | File: | | +-----------------------------------------------+ | | | (os file picker goes here) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------+ | | Send as: [ Image (PNG) |v] ( Upload ) | +---------------------------------------------------+ ...or something. > Another issue: on Windows, if I try to upload a file with no extension, > how is the UA supposed to work out what the MIME type is? Content > sniffing? Probably. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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