Can a browser based application write to files on a local hard disk?

[Kent Johnson]

Alex Hewitt wrote:
> Scenario: Need a web application which collects user data that needs to
> be stored on the user's local hard disk. Which tools can do this?

Google Gears: http://code.google.com/apis/gears/
Signed Java applets
Probably Adobe AIR and MS Silverlight

Lots of examples here:
http://ajaxian.com/by/topic/offline/

Kent