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by nex3 5399 days ago
(Offline Gmail team member here)

The primary reason this is Chrome-only is because other browsers don't yet have complete implementations of relevant specs (for example the FileSystem API: http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/file-system/pub/FileSystem/). I can't make any promises on the team's behalf, but I personally would like to see it working on Firefox as well at some point.
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khuey 5399 days ago
I'm curious what y'all are using the FileSystem API for and how you're using it. If you wouldn't mind talking about that (or have other people on your team that would be interested in talking about it), drop me an email at <my-hackernews-username>@mozilla.com.
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MatthewPhillips 5399 days ago
Mozilla has said they don't plan on supporting the FileSystem API.
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Triumvark 5399 days ago
True. Cite: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI

They plan FileReader and FileWriter though.

Now I wonder: a) What is Moz leaving out? Why? b) Which of the other items from FileSystem does the Google team need, if any?

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nex3 5399 days ago
It looks like they're leaving out everything in the spec I linked above. Currently this is the only way to persist File objects locally, although it looks like they're planning to make that possible through IndexedDB instead.
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patrickaljord 5399 days ago
Do you have any source?
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