- From: Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:50:35 -0800
- To: public-webapps@w3.org
On 2/28/2011 3:50 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Charles Pritchard wrote: >> I'd like some clarification on the intent of the FileSystem API: >> requestFileSystem permanent, getDirectory and getFile. >> >> Are they intended to directly pass through to the host operating system, or >> are they just programming constructs? >> >> They're not particularly easy to use, compared to the IndexedDB data store, >> but if they are OS level commands, >> then they do help with usability of a web app with the rest of the OS: with >> managing files directly from the OS file manager. >> >> Is the FileSystem API intended to expose a folder on the host operating >> system, or is it just an abstraction >> which can be bolted onto any data system (such as, using SQLite as a backend, >> as appCache and IndexedDB do) ? >> >> Are there any plans of reviewing/visiting efficient File/Blob support in >> indexeddb? > You are likely to get a more useful response to your questions if you send > the above feedback to the lists mentioned in the specs as the place to > send feedback, namely public-webapps@w3.org: > > | If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them > | to public-webapps@w3.org (subscribe, archives). > -- http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/file-system/file-dir-sys.html > -- http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/IndexedDB/raw-file/tip/Overview.html > > HTH,
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