[whatwg] Review and Browser Vendor Interest in Form Enhancement

[Adam Barth]

Last time I asked around, there didn't seem to be much demand for
these features so I didn't implement the previous version that was in
the HTML spec.

Adam


On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Cameron Jones <cmhjones at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've submitted a proposal to w3c issue 195 which stems from requests
> to provide support for additional HTTP methods on forms with specific
> reference to clients without scripting support. The proposal is based
> on extending the functionality of forms by exposing the abilities of
> XHR to declarative markup.
>
> I'm keen to highlight the issue to solicit review and feedback on the
> proposal, and to harvest some degree of the level of interest from
> browser vendors as to the desirability of implementing the proposal.
>
> The proposal itself includes the rationale and details pertaining to
> the changes. There has been some initial feedback on public-html
> however i am yet to update the proposal with the recommendations.
> These amount to:
>
> * Implement method attribute values as a blacklist instead of a whitelist
> * Exclude CONNECT and TRACK methods in addition to TRACE as
> blacklisted items for synchronicity with XHR specification
> * Remove "_none" payload attribute state and replace functionality
> with "disabled" attribute and state
> * Look at replacing "_async_" form control field as a form submit
> element attribute for form, button & input retargeting.
>
> Proposal:
> http://www.w3.org/wiki/User:Cjones/ISSUE-195
>
> Issue 195:
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/195
>
> Thanks,
> Cameron Jones