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the ability to tell the operating system to open a file stored with FileSystemAPI using the default registered native application (it must be possible to get no
by amalcon 15y ago
the ability to tell the operating system to open a file stored with FileSystemAPI using the default registered native application (it must be possible to get notifications when this file changes, for syncing to the server).
This is a seriously scary concept. It has all the same dangers as the automatic-file-opening did in Outlook.
It can probably be done securely, but wow, that's not an easy problem.
- jorangreef 15y agoFor sure, it's difficult. As you say, it probably can be done securely. It certainly needs to be done to provide users with a bridge for moving data from file systems into web apps and back and manipulating data from both sides of the bridge. It may require a special privilege, and in that case, for example for a trusted web app, it need be no more scary than a browser prompt: "allow this web application to open 'mydata.xls' in Excel?" with a "remember my choice for all files of this type from now on".