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    copied!<p>For storing data offline WebApp can use:</p> <ul> <li>session storage, "advanced version of cookies"</li> <li>key/value based <a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/webstorage/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Web Storage</a> (AKA local/global/offline/DOM storage)</li> <li>sql-based <a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/webdatabase/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Web SQL Database</a> (deprecated) and <a href="http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/IndexedDB/raw-file/tip/Overview.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Indexed Database API</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/FileAPI/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FileReader</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/file-writer-api/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FileWriter API</a> (requires user to select files each time the application loads)</li> </ul> <p>But apparently there is no File Storage. Of course, there is a <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/offline-webapps/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">manifest-based caching</a>, but it's just a cache and is not supposed to be used as a user data storage.</p> <p>Does it mean that the user of WebApp is forced to use some sort of a cloud file storage?</p> <p>Is there any way to save large files on user's local machine? Or maybe some way to select a local folder web application can use to store user data?</p> <p><strong>Edit</strong>. Security. HTML5 already has the ability to write big portions of data to user's local machine. I don't see any security issues if a browser will provide another, file-based abstraction to store data. It can be some virtual machine, virtual filesystem, whatever.</p> <p>Hm, I think, it is possible to write JS filesystem and store it as a blob in SQL...</p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/292566/browser-application-local-file-system-access">Similar</a> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2376745/does-html5-allow-you-to-interact-with-local-client-files-from-within-a-browser">questions</a>.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong>: Hm... recently I've found <a href="http://www.chromium.org/developers/web-platform-status" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> and <a href="https://bug-45982-attachments.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=70320" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a>. Maybe it is what I'm looking for... Yes, it is! See the answer below.</p>
 

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