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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hate how Chrome is the only browser that gives web developers an actually useful way to use local folders on the user's device.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File_System_API

The File System API — with extensions provided via the File System Access API to access files on the device file system — allows read, write and file management capabilities.

Uhhh, what? Firefox uses Chrome's API to do the same stuff? Am I missing something here?

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Oh, does it work in Firefox now? When I was developing a music app it only worked properly on Chrome and I had to use a file picker workaround for Firefox and other browsers.