Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

From: whatwg [mailto:whatwg-boun...@lists.whatwg.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Dark > I can't see this being addressed. The only good reason to distribute an > application this way is because you want it to be confidential and there's no > incentive to accommodate what one might call "walled

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

On 11 Apr 2017, at 12:55, Patrick Dark wrote: > I can't see this being addressed. The only good reason to distribute > an application this way is because you want it to be confidential and > there's no incentive to accommodate what one might call "walled

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

David Kendal 於 4/11/2017 11:46 AM 寫道: On 11 Apr 2017, at 17:01, Domenic Denicola wrote: Bingo. This mailing list is for developing technology for the world wide web, not for peoples' local computers. The World Wide Web includes peoples' own computers. file:// is a URI scheme

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

Domenic Denicola schrieb am Di., 11. Apr. 2017 um 18:01 Uhr: > From: whatwg [mailto:whatwg-boun...@lists.whatwg.org] On Behalf Of > Patrick Dark > > Bingo. This mailing list is for developing technology for the world wide > web, not for peoples' local computers. > Doesn't that

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

On 11 April 2017 at 18:01, Domenic Denicola wrote: > From: whatwg [mailto:whatwg-boun...@lists.whatwg.org] On Behalf Of > Patrick Dark > > > I can't see this being addressed. The only good reason to distribute an > application this way is because you want it to be confidential

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

On 11 Apr 2017, at 17:01, Domenic Denicola wrote: > Bingo. This mailing list is for developing technology for the world > wide web, not for peoples' local computers. The World Wide Web includes peoples' own computers. file:// is a URI scheme for exactly that reason. Every

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

On 2017-04-11 Patrick Dark wrote: > Jan Tosovsky 2017-04-10 wrote: > > > On 2017-04-09 David Kendal wrote: > > > > > > ... there are many possible uses for local static files > > > accessing other local static files: the one I have in mind > > > is shipping static files on CD-ROM or USB stick...

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

Dear all: I agree with the need to consider file:// ( or at least re-consider the missing functionality) applicable to exec files / directories with HTML documents, stored on physical devices ( like USBs or CD-DVDs), even it might sound uselessness in the _cloudy_ times we live. This HTML

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

We should be aware of the security risks when recommand a "simple web server". * Most (if not all) simple web servers don't block access from non-local hosts by default, which can leak users' files. Although your firewall can block them for you, users do need unblock non-local hosts

[whatwg] Adding progress event for native ?

I see that https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/ already defines ProgressEvent for XMLHttpRequest. Would it be possible to add "progress", "load", etc. events to normal form elements, too? Basically, I would like to do form.addEventListener('progress', function (e) {...}) and if the end user hits the

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

Patrick Dark schrieb am Di., 11. Apr. 2017 um 13:55 Uhr: > [...] The only good reason to distribute an application this way is > because you want it to be confidential [...] > Another use-case would be to develop a HTML app that does not require internet

Re: [whatwg] Adding progress event for native ?

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Mikko Rantalainen wrote: > I see that https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/ already defines ProgressEvent > for XMLHttpRequest. > > Would it be possible to add "progress", "load", etc. events to normal > form elements, too? Basically, I would

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

David Kendal 於 4/9/2017 4:51 AM 寫道: This is a shame because there are many possible uses for local static files accessing other local static files: the one I have in mind is shipping static files on CD-ROM or USB stick, but there is also the more obvious (and probably more common) use of local

Re: [whatwg] Accessing local files with JavaScript portably and securely

Jan Tosovsky 於 4/10/2017 5:38 PM 寫道: On 2017-04-10 David Kendal wrote: On 2017-04-09 Jan Tosovsky wrote: On 2017-04-09 David Kendal wrote: ... there are many possible uses for local static files accessing other local static files: the one I have in mind is shipping static files on CD-ROM or