The firefox guys are apparently not very keen about the w3c File stuff https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/07/why-no-filesystem-api-in-firefox/
On 30 April 2013 18:27, Daniel Narvaez <dwnarv...@gmail.com> wrote: > As you point out, the main problem here is the concept of file. > > My understanding is that with the new file APIs you are basically > requesting a sandboxed filesystem, then you can write and read there as you > please. Though I don't know how the shell would then have access to that > filesystem, to be able to move the files into the datastore. > > Chromium must be doing something similar to allow writing stuff to google > drive using those interfaces, though they implemented their interfaces > directly into Webkit. > > > > On 30 April 2013 17:34, <lio...@olpc-france.org> wrote: > >> Hi all,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> As we decided to our IRC meeting last week, I’ve wrote a first draft >> proposal for the JavaScript DataStore interface [1].**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Basically the interface just match the DataStore existing interface. **** >> >> The main issue is related to the concept of "file":**** >> >> **- **File is at the heart of the DataStore concept: the >> DataStore is nothing else than a place to store files and metadata related >> to files,**** >> >> **- **But: file handling is not a common practice in JavaScript! >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> The good news is that HTML5 comes with few File system and Files handling >> functions [2][3].**** >> >> I didn’t test it but it should work on WebKit.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Do not hesitate to comment/update.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Lionel**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> [1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/HTML5_activities#Datastore **** >> >> [2] http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/file-system/pub/FileSystem/**** >> >> [3] http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/file-system/file-writer.html**** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> > > > -- > Daniel Narvaez > -- Daniel Narvaez
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