On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:22 AM, Stephan Beal <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Joshua Paine <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 9/19/2011 7:15 PM, Stephan Beal wrote: >> >>> and JS cannot natively deal with binary data (that's coming in v5 or >> >> whatever new version is coming soon). >>> >> >> Standard javascript doesn't have this ability yet, but individual impl >> have relevant capabilities. E.g., privileged JS in XUL has access to files >> and can get base64 strings from them, and the canvas element has a toDataURL >> method that returns base64 encoded data plus a tiny amount of metadata. > > > The JS version accompanying HTMLv5 (i don't remember the version number) > contains some support for binary data. Some browsers have already started > implementing this and some apps already use it (e.g. gmail). > > So the option for binary data certainly can't be ruled out altogether. > OTOH, while JS is expected to (==i expect) be the primary client, there will > likely be other platforms out there for which base64 is more convenient. > The "data:" URI scheme works well for this. There are examples on this page: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/inline-images/folder-test.htmland here is a data url that may work, if it comes through properly in this email: data:image/gif;base64,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 Bill
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