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- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:43:12 +0000
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https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=29506 --- Comment #6 from sworddragon2@aol.com --- I have now read the link but fail to see the problem here or why an UI to ask the user is needed. Let's say the user downloads some_fancy_webapp, executes its installer and it installs into /usr/share/some_fancy_webapp and registers itself in the file proposed by this ticket let's say in /etc/www/webapp-permissions.txt and gives itself all permissions. The user starts now the web-application in the browser as file:///usr/share/some_fancy_webapp/index.html and the web-application would now be able to do for example easily cross-origin XHR because of the entry its installer made into /etc/www/webapp-permissions.txt. Since the web-application was installed explicitly by the user he trusts it the same as he would with a native system application. There is no need to ask the user with an UI for extra permissions anymore and since he trusts the web-application it can safely do for example cross-origin XHR. Am I missing something specific here why this should not be possible? Because having the ability to write local web-applications that are cross-platform and run in managed code would be a nice opportunity compared to writing them in a language that compiles to machine code. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug.
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