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There is a middle ground which all browsers do support, and not require permission prompts - Origin private file system https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs
by madeofpalk 3y ago
There is a middle ground which all browsers do support, and not require permission prompts - Origin private file system https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File_System_API/Origin_private_file_system https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File_System...
If you're not familiar it's a file-system like API for writing files to an opaque non-user-accessable file system. Your application could probably provide it's own export functionality using blob urls, and import using traditional file "upload".
- hinkley 3y agoThe problem with these is that nobody has a single user agent anymore. Haven’t for years. If I need files I need them on my phone and tablet, or tablet and laptop. Those services have yet to become standardized.