[whatwg] input type="location" proposals

Adam Shannon adam at ashannon.us
Fri Jun 18 20:25:34 PDT 2010


So, each person will be responsible for updating the address book?

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 21:49, Kit Grose <kit at iqmultimedia.com.au> wrote:
> System address book, perhaps?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kit Grose
> User Experience + Technical Director
> iQmultimedia
>
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>
> On 19/06/2010, at 12:48 PM, "Adam Shannon" <adam at ashannon.us> wrote:
>
>> How would the "browser" assist you?  Would you start to type in "new
>> yor" and it would drop down a list giving you options?
>>
>> How will browsers get the list (and future) lists which have to be
>> customized to the input?  Remote listing?  Buit-in database?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:20, Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Two separate use cases
>>> 1) For entry of locations into something like Google Maps or
>>> MapQuest.
>>> In this case the form should look as it does now (a text box) but
>>> browsers would be able to assist you in entering locations like it
>>> can
>>> for for emails.
>>> 2) For entry of Lat/Long coordinates which can be entered either
>>> manually or with some kind of map like interface.
>>>
>>> These are two separate proposals and I both could co-exist one as
>>> type="location" and the other as type="gps"
>>>
>>> --
>>> Eitan Adler
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Adam Shannon
>> Web Developer
>> http://ashannon.us
>



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