We already have APIs for reading/writing to the SD card or other internal device storage areas. See
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Device_Storage_API But we were lacking the ability to install an app that has been written to the SD card. However that was recently added here https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=982874 So this should be possible in the 2.2 release. However we still don't have the ability to install an unsigned privileged app. I.e. if you do local development this way you won't be able to access any privileged APIs. We likely need a way to turn on "installing unsigned privileged apps using the import API". But we need to be very careful about how we do it so that we don't end up with users getting tricked into turning it on and then installing malware. / Jonas On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 5:13 AM, André Jaenisch <[email protected]> wrote: > So Firefox OS is heading to Africa. > > Great! I'm really excited! > > But thinking of it, I joined a chat on Twitter [0] yesterday. > The topic was whether Firefox OS can bring web literacy/development > to mobiles. You probably have heard about the Firetext project [1]. > It's a text processor for Firefox OS, which can also run as website. > > However, when I assume, that people in Africa does not have a Laptop/ > Desktop, but "mobiles" (= smartphones/tablets) at hand, WebIDE is > unsuitable as working environment. I myself learned HTML through a > text editor + browser. > > The text editor is their. What is needed is a way to be able to > install webapps locally on a device without the need of a PC. > I opened a ticket [2] to discuss this their, but other developers may > be interested in this feature as well. > > What are Mozillas rationales about this topic? Is it possible to open > an API for this ideas? We have to protect the users against > vulnerabilities! What is needed to open up a locally stored html file > in the browser app (using file://)? > > I would like to discuss this topic. > > Regards, > > > > André > > [0] https://twitter.com/WarrenWhitlock/status/529955398036762624 > [1] https://github.com/codexa/firetext > [2] https://github.com/codexa/firetext/issues/214 > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
