Raul, I had not thought of this perspective and it seems valid. In my recent efforts regarding the turtle graphics app I have produced 2 different 3-frame browser interfaces and one of them requires a browser accessing the local file console.html . I wonder if I need to post some sort of warning.
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > There's a problem with the concept of the browser accessing local files. > > Let's say you visit a page on the internet and the owner of that page wants > access to files on your computer. Just put a file url in there and you can > get some access to well known files. And this leads to a cascading chain of > security issues. So finally people just give up in disgust and turn of file > urls. > > A on this suggests people download a file and use it locally. So even when > file urls are enabled they often have constraints on what directories can > be visited. > > People make mistakes and then get upset at the wrong people because of the > consequences, which tends to ruin things for everyone. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > > > -- (B=) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
