> There's a host of problems when you're using file URLs. pun intended? :)
But I agree, for a long time developing off file:/// is pretty much impossible and developers are now required to start a server in order to build or use their entirely offline completely unconnected application, is it really a surprise that noone is building offline capable web apps? 'have an option / extention' is a weak workaround that puts the onus on often the user(!) and the developer to be able to work around restrictions in the base platform that shouldnt exist in the first place. Similiarly with gUM, bluetooth, serial ports and tcp socket apis all enabling more peer to peer (and offline capable) it seems entirely the wrong approach to have the functionality of the base platform restricted to a single end transport mode. On 29 September 2014 10:06, Anne van Kesteren <ann...@annevk.nl> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Dale Harvey <d...@arandomurl.com> wrote: > > What is the definition of 'authenticated origins', particularly when > dealing > > with localhost, > > https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/mixedcontent/#authenticated-origin > > > > This has already been a major painpoint as the author of an IndexedDB > > library I am fairly constantly asked questions of my library doesnt work > > when server from file://index.html since the security model deals around > the > > host, it makes things harder for all developers, new ones especially. > > Maybe browsers should have some kind of developer extension that > allows you to temporarily read the file system through localhost. > There's a host of problems when you're using file URLs. > > > -- > https://annevankesteren.nl/ > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
