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

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Wed Jan 30 21:24:08 EST 2008


> From: Alex Hewitt <hewitt_tech at comcast.net>
> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:24:10 -0500
> Sender: gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org

> On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 21:52 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
> > On Jan 29, 2008 12:12 AM, H. K. Bemis <kbemis at ozonecomputer.com> wrote:
> > > Am I missing why a db is out of the question?
> > 
> >   It sounds like Alex is intending to distribute a self-hosted package
> > which runs entirely on the user's computer.  HTTP might not even be

> That's definitely what I had in mind. I don't want a potential user of
> the program to install anything beyond downloading the program itself.

Why not implement the entire app in JavaScript?  Run it right *in* the
web page.  Of course, any secret algorithms your app uses would be
exposed by doing this...


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