Burn me for a heretic, but there is no significant difference scaling-wise
between GET <url>?essay=<5000 words> and SUBMITFORM <package including 5000
word essay>. Both send a command, and then 5000 words over the net.
It is not a monstrous URL, because the URL is only everything up to the
'?', everything else is the form data.
If you want a separate command like SUBMITFORM because it is more logical
than overloading GET, thats fine, but lets use real reasons.
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> Since HTTP/1.0 would support new methods in addition to GET, a
> reasonable possibility seemed the addition of a new method (say SUBMITFORM)
> for submitting completed forms. Maybe the reply method should be something
> that can be specified ACTION modifier of the <FORM> tag, with the possibilities
> being
>
> mailto:<e-mail address> Form sent as e-mail to specified recipient
> http:<address> Indicates to return form data as a query string
> submitform:<address> Indicates to submit the form using the SUBMITFORM
> method.
>
> Comments?
All that said, I fully agree that ACTION will need to be extended to allow
multiple methods of form submission.
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> Tony
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Eric