[thelist] Input File Value

martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com
Fri Oct 5 10:37:47 CDT 2001


Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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I wouldn't put it quite so loosely as that.

W3C specs have 3 levels of requirements:

* Must
* Should
* May

If a UA doesn't obey the 'must' elements, it's broken and the publisher
needs shooting. See Netscape 4 for more details (and IE pre version 6
in respect of CSS). 'Should' says that compliance is the expected,
and recommended behaviour, but isn't mandatory.

'May' is a very loose suggestion - it's completely up to the publisher to
implement or not, depending on whether they think it's A Good Thing.

Clearly, using a 'Value' attribute on a file input control isn't A Good
Thing,
so Netscape & MS are right to ignore it.

Cheers
Martin




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Subject:  RE: [thelist] Input File Value

 W3 specs are just
recommendations; browser makers can follow or ignore them as they see fit.
Apparently MS and the Mozilla group have seen fit to ignore that part of
the
spec, probably for security reasons. Imagine if a website could put a
hidden
file control on a form, and get any file they wanted off your
computer...not
an ideal situation. It may be valid markup, but the browsers don't support
it, just like <insert your favorite part of the CSS2 spec here>.



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