I have a web page that's meant to run locally via file:. It uses XHR to load a vcard file. I then scan the file and convert it to a different text file format. I want to provide a save link for the new file format, so I decided to use a data URI. But, I want clicking on the data URI link to show an open/save dialog. I was able to do this by using <a href="data:application/octetstream;charset=utf-8,file_data" target="_blank">Save</a>. However, there are 2 problems. 1. There doesn't seem to be a way to give a filename hint. 2. I'd rather not use the octetstream mime type just to trigger a save dialog. With that said, I think it'd be awesome if you could do something like: <a href="data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;filename=tada.txt;content-disposition=attachment,file_data">Save</a>. Setting aside the File API work, what about specifying those two in an update to the data URI RFC? Any vendors against implementing support for it? -- MichaelReceived on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 07:05:00 UTC
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