- From: Abigail <abigail@tungsten.gn.iaf.nl>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 05:13:59 +0100 (MET)
- To: www-html@w3.org
You, Geoff Narvronsen wrote: ++ ++ >This seems to be an obvious thing to suggest, but a search of the ++ >archive for this list didn't turn anything up. So either it's a new suggestion ++ >or I missed it (if the latter, please ignore me). ++ > ++ >I'm getting really tired of typing my name and e-mail address in form after ++ >form after form on the Web. It seems to me that a simple extension to ++ >HTML could save thousands of people from early carpal tunnel syndrome ++ >by automatically supplying commonly requested information. At first I ++ >though this belonged in HTTP, but the potential for abuse there is too high ++ >(an HTTP server might be able grab the info without your permission). So ++ >I think it makes more sense to add a "fill-in" attribute to HTML text fields ++ ><input type=text> that requests the browser to fill in a certain piece of ++ >data. This way the form can come up with user information already filled ++ >in. Privacy should not be a problem, since the user always has the option ++ >of not submitting the form or erasing the field contents. ++ ++ this is already done in some places.. ++ ++ at www.tripod.com, when i go to the members' page, it already has my email ++ address in the field..this is supplied by netscape.. ++ ++ using my email address, it then looks into the users database and pulls up ++ my address, name, phone number, etc., and asks if it is correct.. ++ ++ i am not quite sure how the email address is pulled out, i haven't looked ++ at the source, nor have i asked if it is a cgi script, etc..but it can be ++ done.. This make me very glad I browse from a machine where no mail is installed. I would hate a browser grabbing such information and sending it. Abigail
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