Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

On 2017-04-10 David Kendal wrote: > On 2017-04-09 Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > On 2017-04-09 David Kendal wrote: > > > > > ... there are many possible uses for local static files accessing > > > other local static files: the one I have in mind is shipping static > > > files on CD-ROM or USB stick... >

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

On 9 April 2017 at 11:51, David Kendal wrote: > Moin, > > Over the last few years there has been a gradual downgrading of support > in browsers for running pages from the file: protocol. Most browsers now > have restrictions on the ability of JavaScript in such pages to access >

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

On 9 Apr 2017, at 20:36, Jan Tosovsky wrote: > On 2017-04-09 David Kendal wrote: > > > ... there are many possible uses for local static files accessing > > other local static files: the one I have in mind is shipping static > > files on CD-ROM or USB stick... > > In

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

On 9 Apr 2017, at 14:48, Philipp Serafin wrote: > Note also that the HTTP server solution requires you to ship a binary > (the server) with your files, therefore sacrificing platform > independence and requiring the user to run an untrusted binary, all > just to show some HTML