Thanks. Actually I'm on linux. Ubuntu to be precise. So for reference, on Ubuntu the command to run would be "google-chrome --allow-file-access-from-files".
On Saturday, July 12, 2014, <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, I had a different window of chrome open when I tried that so it > did not work as the flag wasn't enabled. I tried it again after closing all > chrome windows and it worked. My bad. Thanks for your help :) > > On Saturday, 12 July 2014 18:04:45 UTC+5:30, [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> wrote: >> >> Thanks for your reply :) >> I did as you said and ran chrome with the flag, but it did not have any >> effect. The page still appears blank when I open the file locally but works >> properly if I open it through the local server. Any idea why? >> >> On Saturday, 12 July 2014 15:00:30 UTC+5:30, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> Its probably due to the fact the without a server the imports wouldn’t >>> be allowed under the browser’s same origin policy. >>> You can bypass that by opening Chrome with --allow-file-access-from-files >>> flag: >>> >>> Just set up a shortcut with the following target: C:\Users\Admin\ >>> AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome >>> --allow-file-access-from-files and it should work >>> >>> On Saturday, July 12, 2014 12:00:00 PM UTC+3, [email protected] >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> HI, I'm following this >>>> <http://www.polymer-project.org/docs/start/tutorial/intro.html> tutorial >>>> on polymer-project.org. In it it says that I need a web server to test >>>> my pages. >>>> I'm sorry if this is a very stupid question, but why do I need a web >>>> server? Why don't the pages work if you simply open the index.html files >>>> locally in the browser? I just want to understand. By my reasoning it >>>> should work the same way whether it is loaded from a remote server or the >>>> local filesystem. >>>> >>> Follow Polymer on Google+: plus.google.com/107187849809354688692 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Polymer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/CAHuyirkFP3KMKD-Df2gF1MpUoTzSZqZLUUS0-q-HP336iWMbmg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
