Re: Auto fill for form fields

In message <s120d715.047@videodiscovery.com>, Jim Taylor writes:
>
>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.

A primitive version of this mechanism was written up in:

http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Demographics/Proposals

in section "II. Automated HTML forms through Profiles"

Phill Hallam-Baker made an excellent suggestion that the list of magic
form field names be decentralized: the <form> element would be
annotated with a URI referencing a schema or template defining the
field names, ala:

	<form schema="http://www.mycompany.com/" action="/cgi-bin/buy-printer-paper">

	<p>Badge number: <input name="badge-number">
	<p>Office number <input name="office">

	<p>Quantity <input name="qty"> [in reams]
	</form>

We think this is a great idea, and I think Phil intends to write it up.

But I'd be happy to see somebody else write it up and submit it as a W3C
working draft or an Internet Draft.

Dan

Received on Monday, 19 February 1996 00:44:12 UTC