On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Ashley Sheridan <a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk>wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 10:37 -0400, Simpson, Grant Leyton 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 can see how this might work, but in theory it would be more difficult > than it sounds. For example, passing an FTP uri would only work if that FTP > server allowed anonymous access, as you wouldn't want to pass your own FTP > access credentials to an unknown server. > Or the UA could fetch the remote resource and then re-transfer it, as is sometimes an option on desktop mail clients when attaching a URL ("attach page" vs "attach link", or similar). Then it's just a UA issue, since the client can do that for any file input, and could even permit creating one from the clipboard. Mike