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That's an aspect from mobile OSes I miss on desktops: apps run as their own user, and have to be granted permissions to do things like read & write files outsid
by SAI_Peregrinus 5y ago
That's an aspect from mobile OSes I miss on desktops: apps run as their own user, and have to be granted permissions to do things like read & write files outside their own "home" directory.
Programs should run as their own users. Programs should be granted access to files opened via system (desktop environment) file picker APIs or when passed in via a shell. Desktop environments & shells would need to be modified to allow this, of course.
- wvenable 5y agoMobile OS permissions are way too limited. It's one of the reasons there are no good programming environments on mobile. > Programs should be granted access to files opened via system (desktop environment) file picker APIs or when passed in via a shell. For example, this would render the file tree of any IDE or advanced editor (like VS code) completely useless. I can count on one hand the number of times I've used the system file picker when programming.
- SAI_Peregrinus 5y agoIt should also be possible to manually grant broader permissions. I'm just hoping to avoid how automatic grants tend to be missing from mobile OSes.