RE: File dialogs: Network access

[Jorg Rathlev <joerg jrsoftware de>]

> Network Access:
> It has been suggested that the dialogs should allow access to files
> located on http or ftp servers. Others have argued that this is not
> appropriate for file dialogs and should be a provided by a lower level
> function that maps these resources onto the filesystem.

It should not be forbidden to enter URLs into the dialogs. If you enter an
FTP or HTTP or whatever URL, the application should open that file from /
save the file to that location, if possible. The dialog should not be a
network client itself, however. If you're using a tool that mounts a network
resource into your filesytem, you'll be able to use these parts of the
filesystem just like everything else, of course.


Jorg