- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 15:10:52 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Malcolm Rowe wrote: >> >> 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? > > Up to the UA. For example, if a file upload control had accept="image/*", a > Windows-based UA could present a standard 'file open' dialog containing a > list of all files matching that type (which, on a Windows machine, would > probably be those files with file extensions that mapped to a matching MIME > type). > > What the UA should not then do, IMO, is allow the user merely to change the > file type in the dialog from 'Image Files' (or whatever) to 'All Files', and > upload a differently-typed document. One possibility would be to present a > warning dialog first, something like: > > "The file that you are trying to upload is a [Microsoft Word 8.0 Document], > but the server has requested only [image] files. If you believe that this > file really is an [image] file, you can override this warning. > > [Upload anyway] [Cancel]" > > (or something suitably mpt-filtered, anyway). Disregard my previous reply on this thread. This is a much better suggestion than mine. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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