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

2017-04-11 Thread Jan Tosovsky
On 2017-04-11 Patrick Dark wrote: > Jan Tosovsky 2017-04-10 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 > > >

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

2017-04-10 Thread Jan Tosovsky
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 &

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

2017-04-09 Thread Jan Tosovsky
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 this case the file structure is fixed so it can be exported as JSON file and then

[whatwg] Upload enhancements

2013-10-03 Thread Jan Tosovsky
Dear All, I've seen many similar threads with input type=file proposals, but also lot of people taking the current spec as sufficient for the majority of use cases. I'd like to describe several scenarios revealing current gaps and propose the corresponding changes. The missing access to the