By operadev Thursday, 15. May 2008, 13:17:56

By shadowk Friday, 16. May 2008, 07:34:02

Great post, I've been waiting for file access from a widget ever since Opera introduced widgets.

By Zajec Friday, 16. May 2008, 13:38:44

Can sb point me, what can this be used for? We already can storage data thanks to widget mechanism in Opera. What for some widget may needs file access?

By Benjamin Joffe Wednesday, 21. May 2008, 07:48:10

Zajec: There are many things one can do with file access, for example Grafio's SketchPad could now be made to open and save files to the filesystem, in theory one could create The Gimp as an Opera Widget!

By Luchio Thursday, 22. May 2008, 18:28:37

What are the security implications of this? Could someone theorically "steal" my wands.dat? my /etc/passwd?

Will there be a popup in Opera if a widget tries to access files?

By grafio Thursday, 22. May 2008, 22:09:18

AFAIK browseForDirectory() and browseForFile() methods open a file browser window and *the user* has to choose a file or directory which can be used by the widget. So widgets can't open a file without earlier permission.

Post edited Thursday, 22. May 2008, 23:17:23

By Luchio Friday, 23. May 2008, 13:10:05

Thanks, that wasn't clear from the article.

By Luchio Friday, 23. May 2008, 15:38:49

Note to self: never point a widget to C:\

By motorfest Monday, 26. May 2008, 14:23:49

Why does some graphic fragment can access to the file of necessities?

By fearphage Tuesday, 27. May 2008, 15:19:15

Would it be possible for this functionality to be ported to work with userjs somehow?

By evilopera Friday, 30. May 2008, 09:54:16

all super, a code is very simple and clear. Now I apply.