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As someone who's been working on a file upload service for a while, this is the only real way to download very large files on Firefox. The file system access A

As someone who's been working on a file upload service for a while, this is the only real way to download very large files on Firefox. The file system access API is a great way to write chunks of a file at a gime, but for now Firefox doesn't support it https://wicg.github.io/file-system-access/ https://wicg.github.io/file-system-access/ https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/#native-file-system https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/#native-file-s...

foresto 2y ago
That makes sense, and their reasoning looks sound. Here's hoping the file read/write parts get broken apart from the rest. Thanks for the link.
- jauntywundrkind 2y ago
  It makes me uninterested in Firefox. I want webapps to be able to talk to files, but Mozilla thinks it's too dangerous. Even though we already have APIs to talk to the local filesystem, & the main difference is this one isnt hideously slow. This issue is one of those that when people are screaming, why are folks using chrome, why haven't we all switched to Firefox I point to and say, because I want a good web, I want a fast web, I want a featureful web, and Mozilla definitely does not share my priorities.
  - foresto 2y ago
    If it doesn't do what you want, it's fair not to like it. Just to offer a different perspective, though: I don't consider a lot of the things that Chrome does (bittorrent functionality in this case) to be part of "a good web", or really part of the web at all. I don't need my browser to be an operating system. I can use other apps to do other things. It's much more important to me to avoid another Internet Explorer-like monoculture, and to have a browser that's relatively respectful of privacy.
    - andai 2y ago
      Probably the main benefit of another browser engine (Ladybug?) entering the scene is that it would force Mozilla to come up with a more compelling sell than "not Chrome."
      - foresto 2y ago
        Do you mean Ladybird? It would be nice to see it become competitive with the others, at least. Diversity would be welcome. I was a little surprised to learn that they'll use Swift for future development. It's not among the languages I usually think of for cross-platform work. On the other hand, maybe Ladybird using it will help drive improvement in that area. https://nitter.privacydev.net/awesomekling/status/1822236888188498031 https://nitter.privacydev.net/awesomekling/status/1822236888...
ric2b 2y ago
Firefox can definitely download very large files with no problem, JS doesn't even need to be involved, downloading a file is ancient browser functionality. The server sends an application/octet-stream response and a few other headers and it works.

foresto 2y ago

That makes sense, and their reasoning looks sound. Here's hoping the file read/write parts get broken apart from the rest. Thanks for the link.

jauntywundrkind 2y ago
It makes me uninterested in Firefox. I want webapps to be able to talk to files, but Mozilla thinks it's too dangerous. Even though we already have APIs to talk to the local filesystem, & the main difference is this one isnt hideously slow. This issue is one of those that when people are screaming, why are folks using chrome, why haven't we all switched to Firefox I point to and say, because I want a good web, I want a fast web, I want a featureful web, and Mozilla definitely does not share my priorities.
- foresto 2y ago
  If it doesn't do what you want, it's fair not to like it. Just to offer a different perspective, though: I don't consider a lot of the things that Chrome does (bittorrent functionality in this case) to be part of "a good web", or really part of the web at all. I don't need my browser to be an operating system. I can use other apps to do other things. It's much more important to me to avoid another Internet Explorer-like monoculture, and to have a browser that's relatively respectful of privacy.
  - andai 2y ago
    Probably the main benefit of another browser engine (Ladybug?) entering the scene is that it would force Mozilla to come up with a more compelling sell than "not Chrome."
    - foresto 2y ago
      Do you mean Ladybird? It would be nice to see it become competitive with the others, at least. Diversity would be welcome. I was a little surprised to learn that they'll use Swift for future development. It's not among the languages I usually think of for cross-platform work. On the other hand, maybe Ladybird using it will help drive improvement in that area. https://nitter.privacydev.net/awesomekling/status/1822236888188498031 https://nitter.privacydev.net/awesomekling/status/1822236888...

ric2b 2y ago

Firefox can definitely download very large files with no problem, JS doesn't even need to be involved, downloading a file is ancient browser functionality. The server sends an application/octet-stream response and a few other headers and it works.