On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Simpson, Grant Leyton <glsim...@indiana.edu> wrote: > Are you wanting the user to manually enter the filename, including the > file:// scheme? If not, are you envisioning the file dialog box to provide a > choice between selecting local files and entering an http/ftp url? > > On Jun 8, 2010, at 10:32 AM, Eitan Adler wrote: > >> It would then be the server's job to fetch the file unless the user >> passed it a file:// scheme it which case the file would be provided by >> the UI. > >
I imagine this would be a UI decision - not one made by the spec. However I, with very limited experience in UI creation, am envisioning a dialog box as you mention. Another option would be to have buttons to the side of the textbox one that has a web icon and another that has a folder icon. -- Eitan Adler