Three Proposals for HTML

The Triptych Project is an effort to add three HTML features to all browsers:

1. PUT, PATCH, and DELETE methods
2. Buttons actions without forms
3. Partial page replacement

These relatively small changes make HTML significantly more expressive, enabling far more web applications to be built with pure hypertext.

For instance, this HTML represents a common "edit post" flow, like you might find on a message board or social site, no scripting required. See the examples page for a full explanation.

<form action="/posts/123" method="PUT">
  <!-- Main form submission -->
  <textarea name="content">I read the news today; oh boy.</textarea>
  <button>Save</button>

  <!-- Additional actions -->
  <button action="/posts/123" method="GET">Cancel</button>
  <button action="/posts/123/draft" method="PUT">Save Draft</button>
  <button action="/posts/123" method="DELETE">Delete Post</button>
</form>