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I'm trying to develop a cross platform application, where the most obvious route would be a web site with JavaScript, but then I lose the cosy comforts I'm used to using in my C# desktop apps, like file system access etc. How do I go about accessing similar services from within the browser?

E.g. I don't need to access anything I don't create, so actual file system access is just a luxury. I can use whatever the browser offers for offline storage, but have no clue how to do this.

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Traveling Tech Guy
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Depending what you need to store you could possibly use a cookie.

For larger storage this is what the upcoming HTML5 client-side storage methods address, but we're not quite there yet.

Security concerns prevent browsers from getting real access to storing things client-side for the most part, though.

Gabriel Hurley
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Have a look at Google Gears.

Ola Herrdahl