<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:58 PM, James Neill <<a href="mailto:lists@wilderdom.com">lists@wilderdom.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<font size="2"><font face="Courier New">I'm guessing the use of the
Image: namespace for all kinds of attachments arises from historical
legacy? But as a way to upload and link to files it is far from
intuitive, particularly for newcomers. Does anyone know if there's any
work towards, say, upcoming MW versions using something like File: or
Attachment: namespaces for non-image files?</font></font><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><div>I'm not sure "Attachment" make more sense in this context. While I know that this is derived from e-mail, files aren't attached to MW pages, but rather linked.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div>File might be a bit too generic, though, as I think you want the link to indicate the type of file. Image links actually can render the images in a page; for some things (audio, video) this might make sense. In other cases, it might not, such as binary files or PDFs.</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>That said, if there were MW extensions that can handle alternate files, and we can find a use for them, we can lobby to have them installed.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Gerald.</div>