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

[Thomas Charron]

On Jan 28, 2008 10:57 AM, Alex Hewitt <hewitt_tech at comcast.net> 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?
>
> I know that web site based applications are usually prevented from
> writing to the user's local hard disk but I would prefer that any user
> data be kept local to the user rather than stored on my web site. The
> reasons are obvious - I don't want to be responsible for the user's data
> and I'd like to be able to say "We don't have access to your private
> information because we don't store it on our web site".
>
> Ideas?

  You can do it using anything you like, but generally you'll have to
bypass the sandbox, which will generally entail a big bad user
presented dialog that says something along the lines of 'This Web site
is trying to do something really, REALLY bad on your computer, which
could lead to armagedon.  Do you wish to allow this?'

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-- Thomas