On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Si Robertson <retromodu...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Allowing users to save/download a runtime-generated file with the use of > object URLs and the anchor download attribute is the only viable way of > doing things at the moment. Bouncing the file through a server isn't > acceptable for web applications that are supposed to act like native apps. > You didn't quote anything, so I'm not sure what this is a reply to, but I don't think anybody mentioned bouncing the file through a server. > Ideally, the File API would provide a way for users to save a file, and > I'm surprised this is still an issue. Writing a file to a user selected > location is no less secure than allowing a user to download a file with an > anchor. > As I mentioned earlier, the FileSaver API is defined but it hasn't been implemented as far as I know, and it wouldn't necessarily actually solve this problem. -- Glenn Maynard