Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-11-21 Thread Peter Kasting
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Nils Dagsson Moskopp < n...@dieweltistgarnichtso.net> wrote: > The proper solution is to let people vote with their wallet for devices > that are perceived as making input easier – not to hand over power to > site users making it easier to sniff data. > This conta

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-11-21 Thread Nils Dagsson Moskopp
Nils Dagsson Moskopp schrieb am Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:11:38 +0100: > […] > The proper solution is to let people vote with their wallet for > devices that are perceived as making input easier – not to hand over > power to site users making it easier to sniff data. s/users/owners/g ☺ -- Nils Dags

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-11-21 Thread Nils Dagsson Moskopp
Peter Kasting schrieb am Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:04:56 -0800: > […] > > On the contrary, as a user I find that case extremely compelling. > Maybe I'm too easily frustrated, but it's intensely annoying when I > have to fill out all my personal information yet again just because > I've gone to some new

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-11-21 Thread Peter Kasting
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Mounir Lamouri wrote: > I feel like the real use case is when a user wants to make custom with a > web site for the first time. It might be indeed harder to get a good > transformation ration if the user has to write all those information. > However, I doubt we sh

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-11-21 Thread Mounir Lamouri
On 11/11/12 13:26, Charles McCathie Nevile wrote: > On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 07:50:48 +0100, Maciej Stachowiak > wrote: >> (1) If this API fills in a form completely based on stored data, and >> not by completing the user's typing, then it is "autofill" rather than >> "autocomplete". > > Yep. > >> (2

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-11-11 Thread Elliott Sprehn
On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > (1) If this API fills in a form completely based on stored data, and not > by completing the user's typing, then it is "autofill" rather than > "autocomplete". > Yes, we considered requestAutofill() but it seems rather confusing sinc

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-11-11 Thread Charles McCathie Nevile
On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 07:50:48 +0100, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: The key questions. I've added some more comments... (1) If this API fills in a form completely based on stored data, and not by completing the user's typing, then it is "autofill" rather than "autocomplete". Yep. (2) If this

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-11-10 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
(1) If this API fills in a form completely based on stored data, and not by completing the user's typing, then it is "autofill" rather than "autocomplete". (2) If this API provides the ability to get user information without even having a visible form, then it's not clear that it is even really

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-11-07 Thread Elliott Sprehn
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 3:09 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Adam Barth wrote: > > When should the UA offer to fill in the form (e.g., to select which > > address they would like to use for shipping this particular order)? > > Presumably on page load. > > It was

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-10-31 Thread Dan Beam
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:43 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Elliott Sprehn wrote: >> [...] > > I'm missing the scenario that requires such interference from a web > developer. Can't a UA just offer to autocomplete a form for me once it > finds one? (Or in other w

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-10-26 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Adam Barth wrote: > When should the UA offer to fill in the form (e.g., to select which > address they would like to use for shipping this particular order)? Presumably on page load. > In particular, Elliott wrote: > >> Authors can also display >> no forms at a

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-10-26 Thread Adam Barth
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:43 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Elliott Sprehn wrote: >> [...] > > I'm missing the scenario that requires such interference from a web > developer. Can't a UA just offer to autocomplete a form for me once it > finds one? (Or in other w

Re: [whatwg] Improving autocomplete

2012-10-26 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Elliott Sprehn wrote: > [...] I'm missing the scenario that requires such interference from a web developer. Can't a UA just offer to autocomplete a form for me once it finds one? (Or in other words, unless I'm missing something this seems like a solution without