Hello everyone, I'm certainly not the first to think or to propose, but I think there is a huge deficiency on web-apps: there is no real dedicated directory for the application persistent data, where the app could read/write files without user intervention.
Why this umpteenth interest in such a feature requiring enhanced security? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm currently developing a web-app to communicate securely via an Encryption Algorithm that I developed. Considering that my users have a real need for such security, it goes without saying that they also need persistence. If the user clears its cache, he lose all application "persistent" data saved by LocalStorage and/or IndexedDB, then it needs a persistence... more persistent. Why "without user intervention"? ------------------------------------------- Simply because it would be rather inconvenient to ask the user to store dataon each message. My idea is when the confirmation of installation, a message informs the user that the application will create the folder and will have rights to read/write, as well as its sub-folders (never a parent). This could also allow the user to store downloaded data in its preferred application (for example, because it is specially adapted to read). This would avoid having to re-download it especially if all emptied cache (in most countries, a mobile connection is still paying the volume of data transfer). Thanks for your advices. Cordialy, Michaël Rouges
