Does anybody have any link / thread name to that discussion? I cannot
find it (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/)
and I really wonder about the reasons for dismissal (it is technically
not change but addition).
Brona
On 14.2.2012 21:58, Charles Pritchard wrote:
This was covered and dismissed in earlier form with element.saveData semantics
in IE.
It's really unnecessary. We an cover the desired cases without this level of
change.
On Feb 14, 2012, at 12:08 PM, Bronislav Klučka<[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
regarding current discussion about Blobs, URL, etc. I'd like to have following
proposition:
every element would have following additional methods/fields:
Blob function saveToBlob();
that would return a blob containing element data (e.g. for img element that
would be image data, for p element that would be basically innerHTML, for input
it would be current value, for script it would be either script element content
[if exists], or it would be empty blob [if src is used]). With CORS applied
here. There are progress events needed.
void function loadFromBlob(Blob blob);
that would load the blob content as element content (e.g. for img element it
would display image data in that blob [no changes to src attribute], for p
element that would be basically innerHTML, for input it serve as value, for
script this would load data as script (and element content) and execute it [no
changes to src attribute]). Function should create no reference between element
and blob, just load blob data. There are progress events needed.
attribute Blob blob;
that would do the same as loadFromBlob, but it would also create reference
between element and blob
and why that:
1/ saveToBlob - would create easy access to any element data, we are already
talking about media elements (canvas, image), I see no point of limiting it. Do
you want blob from image or textarea? Just one function.
2/ loadFromBlob, blob - could solve current issue with createObjectUrl (that
functionality would remain as it is): no reference issues, intuitive usage
Brona
