FYI, our plan here is to start with a simple system similar to that in IE and Firefox - offering autocompletions for values filled into individual fields.
We can get more ambitious once we pass this first hurdle. -Ben On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Peter Kasting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Ian Fette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> It sounds like you want to have form autofill, but not actually fill stuff >> in until the user hits "submit". While nice in theory, I'm not sure how you >> exactly get this to work without causing unintended consequences. E.g. there >> may well be some forms that try to do validation before you hit "submit", >> e.g. submit button is disabled until some javascript runs to make sure that >> some field is of a proper form - the user will be entirely confused because >> it will appear to them that the field is properly filled out. I don't think >> any of this really applies until you start filling out the entire form, >> rather than just completing the field the user is typing... in that scenario >> though, I think it would be better to ask the user if they want the form >> filled in, and then just fill it in. > > I agree. There are too many gotchas with trying to "fake up" filling in a > form. We should apply the same standards to this as we do to autofilled > passwords/usernames w.r.t. when we're willing to autofill information > without user action, versus with it. For example, perhaps we will re-fill > information on a form you've been to before without any user action, but on > a not-visited page, we'll make the user press a button to fill the form. > PK > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to chromium-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
