On 2/28/2011 3:50 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Charles Pritchard wrote:
I'd like some clarification on the intent of the FileSystem API:
requestFileSystem permanent, getDirectory and getFile.
Are they intended to directly pass through to the host operating system, or
are they just programming constructs?
They're not particularly easy to use, compared to the IndexedDB data store,
but if they are OS level commands,
then they do help with usability of a web app with the rest of the OS: with
managing files directly from the OS file manager.
Is the FileSystem API intended to expose a folder on the host operating
system, or is it just an abstraction
which can be bolted onto any data system (such as, using SQLite as a backend,
as appCache and IndexedDB do) ?
Are there any plans of reviewing/visiting efficient File/Blob support in
indexeddb?
You are likely to get a more useful response to your questions if you send
the above feedback to the lists mentioned in the specs as the place to
send feedback, namely public-webapps@w3.org:
| If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them
| to public-webapps@w3.org (subscribe, archives).
-- http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/file-system/file-dir-sys.html
-- http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/IndexedDB/raw-file/tip/Overview.html
HTH,
