On 2010-06-08 16:37, 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?
My understanding of the proposal is that given this particular control, the browser would provide an interface for either selecting a local file or entering a URL. If a file is selected, the file is uploaded as normal, equivalent to <input type="file" name="foo">.
Otherwise, if a URL is entered, the field is instead submitted as text, equivalent to <input type="url" name="foo">.
The server would then determine whether the "foo" field that was submitted was a file upload or a text field value, and if it were a text field, then it would supposedly be treated as a URL that should then be fetched.
Eitan, have I understood your proposal correctly? -- Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software http://lachy.id.au/ http://www.opera.com/
