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Bug 11030 - It'll be VERY useful to use getData() in dragenter and similar methods, like Fx does. Not only on drop event
Summary: It'll be VERY useful to use getData() in dragenter and similar methods, like ...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-10-13 22:41 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-08-04 05:17 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-10-13 22:41:28 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#event-dragenter

Comment:
It'll be VERY useful to use getData() in dragenter and similar methods, like
Fx does. Not only on drop event

Posted from: 91.124.121.155
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-10-14 09:32:37 UTC 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: That would be a huge privacy bug. It would mean you could grab the user's financials as he drags them from a window on the left of his screen to a window on the right of his screen while passing over his web browser showing the attacker's page.
Comment 2 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:17:33 UTC 
mass-move component to LC1