Drag-n-Drop Files to Webpage Form Field

We've all come across this before. We go to our webmail page, compose an email and want to attach some files with it. Usually there's a field with a button you can click on that opens up your computers "File Selector". You go hunting for the file and then click on "open". You come back to email compose page and click on "Attach". Wait wait wait. Then you want to attach another file and then you must go through the whole procedure again. Say you have 7 files you want to attach. HOW CUMBERSOME.

As the web becomes more a platform for web applications, I think it's about time W3C and web browser manufacturers add a feature that let's users just drag files to a field on a webpage / webform. The browser then does the path mapping to the files that were dragged and dropped. I don't see this as too much of a problem.

The tag would look like: <fileselect name="attachments" elements="5" maxsize="2000" width="100" height="300"/>

Browser manufacturers would have to compensate for the operating system uniquity. W3C would have to support this and make it standard.

Of course this feature would be used in many different contextes. Web based document management systems and maybe online picture services would benefit from it.

Give me your thoughts. Am I overseeing something?

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