- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:50:03 +0000 (UTC)
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 at w3.org: | If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them | to public-webapps at 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, -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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