javascript - Accessing contents of a file in a web-application without uploading -


As far as I can tell, it is impossible to access the contents of files on a user's computer without any web application on the server Uploading, then downloading the user again, until any type of plug-in is used. (Flash, etc.) Ideally, the user will upload the file directly to local storage and then the user who has the ability to upload / upload / validate / filter without waiting will be able to upload.

Is there any feature in the incoming web standards such as HTML5 which will allow this? If not, why not make any effort to make this possible, and how can I work around it without getting trapped with plugins?

EDIT: Do not believe that I want JavaScript to use arbitrary files on hard drives without any user intervention. We already have the ability to prompt and upload the user for a file, I only prompt the user for the file being loaded in the memory of my browser I only hope There was something that was going to happen in HTML5 which you can do with flash and Java applets already.

Does the file API do this?

It is implemented in Firefox 3.6 (see and)

According to this it is supported in Chrome.


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