As developer this feature would be great. But as a user, I will uninstall Gears in the second when it will be implemented. The security risks are huge.
On Jul 13, 5:37 am, Daniel Vocke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gears community, > > I am currently evaluating Gears (more precisely GWT + Gears) for its > value as a real platform for application development. I believe that > this is the right step in the right direction and see great potential. > However, there are shortcomings with regards to the current version. I > know we are far from being version 1.0 so I wonder whether this is > functionality soon to come or whether the community / the developers > think that this will never work for security reasons. Here my > scenario: > > I am writing a web application that is making heavy use of a user's > local files in a certain directory (and subdirectories). As far as I > understood the Gears API, the only way to access local files is to use > the Desktop class which offers me that functionality through a user > dialog. (Would be happy to learn that I am wrong). This does not meet > my needs though as I might want to frequently access diverse files in > a certain folder without bugging the user all the time. I believe that > full local filesystem access is mandatory for a "platform" that tries > to enable desktop-like applications. > > So my question is: Will there be a way to get full access to a folder > of the user's choosing? (Assuming the user granted all the rights and > was informed about the implications). Is there a way to get that > today, or if not, maybe sometime soon? > > Best, > > Daniel Vocke
