Re: Submitting input-form data to server
Marc Andreessen (marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Sun, 5 Sep 93 18:13:29 -0500
Henning G. Schulzrinne writes:
> It would be extremely nice if a set of predefined common attributes
> could be defined so that you don't have to fill in your name, email
> address, phone etc. by hand in every single form that comes along.
> The client would recognize the attributes and supply default values
> from some local configuration file.
Somebody want to write a pseudo-spec? Sounds interesting...
> It would also be nice if the same methods for forms could also be
> used for regular email forms, so that parsers can be built to allow
> widespread use for conference registration and the like.
Once it's fully finalized and implemented, the current form mechanism
should support that pretty cleanly. It is a goal...
Cheers,
Marc