On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> wrote:
>> How does TiddlyWiki5 support newer browsers which don't allow local
>> documents writing to the filesystem?
>
> As with the classic TiddlyWiki, it will be possible for a plugin to
> override the file saving code so as to target some other way of
> persisting content.

I'm hoping that "following the microkernel approach" means it will be
possible to cook a TiddlyWiki which doesn't include the local
filesystem saving, rather than having to add code to 'override'
redundant core code, as at present.

> Generally, all these technologies take the form of a client-side
> accessible data cache. My conceptual problem with using them for
> tiddler storage is that the modified tiddlers end up being stored in a
> somewhat ephemeral way, living in the browser, and the user loses the
> usual TiddlyWiki comfort of being able to reach out and inspect their
> data at any time. However, there are clearly some interesting
> situations (like Safari on the iPhone) where these are the only
> available techniques for persistent storage.

That's true, but that might change, and Eric's point that we should
embrace HTML 5 techniques as they become available is a good one. For
example the W3C File API currently has no provision to save files
locally, but may be extended to in the future.

-- 
Paul (psd)
http://blog.whatfettle.com

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