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mgtoday at 4:18 PM3 repliesview on HN

> but trying to save data required hosting it somewhere

With the File System Access API, webpages nowadays can read and write local files just like desktop applications:

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/capabilities/web-apis/file...

Try this text editor for example:

https://googlechromelabs.github.io/text-editor/

It works nicely on Desktop and Mobile.


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emarotoday at 4:39 PM

*In Chrome.

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pspeter3today at 4:39 PM

My dream is that you could write to Google Drive or iCloud Drive transparently too if the browser allows you to

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darkvertextoday at 4:59 PM

Even better how about a fully functional VSCode: https://vscode.dev

The File System Access API makes it possible.