I've used a similar solution/workaround to create a data URL blob for saving files from a web app. I agree it's not ideal and quite limited. If it were an Elect

I've used a similar solution/workaround to create a data URL blob for saving files from a web app. I agree it's not ideal and quite limited. If it were an Electron app, there's an API for opening native file dialogs [0]. As for rendering an updated download link on every keypress - I remember I had to solve it by using a "dummy" download button: when it's clicked, it generates a fresh URL blob to replace the link href, then trigger another click event to start the download. I forget exactly how/if that worked. A couple of months ago I came across remoteStorage, "an open protocol for per-user storage on the Web" [1]. I have not implemented it, but the main idea seems to be "offline-first" apps that keep the user's data local, then sync if/when online. There's also "progressive web apps" [2], to promote this kind of offline-first approach and leveraging local storage. [0] https://electronjs.org/docs/api/dialog https://electronjs.org/docs/api/dialog [1] https://remotestorage.io/ https://remotestorage.io/ [2] https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/ https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/