Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <3873754.f9gSJeEOaO@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:54:42 +0200 User-Agent: KNode/4.8.5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. <87vc7wn14d.fsf@xopzuey.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87vc7w8x5n.fsf@xopzuey.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 52 NNTP-Posting-Date: 09 Apr 2013 00:54:42 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: dc37b33b.newsspool1.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=Ib@OM@>?LY_YQ5E:l Eric Gorr writes: >> The left most column lists the folders contains the files a user wants >> to view. The middle column displays the files contained within the >> currently selected folder of the left most column. The rightmost >> column displays the file currently selected in the middle column. > > i do not know of any crossbrowser way of accessing the filesystem > *folders* in that way, You do not appear to know anything at all. You do not even know that you don't which is, of course, the core of the problem. > but if you know the folder structure and contents in advance you can > easily get to the file contents with a plain XMLHttpRequest (as if it > were any web resource). Not everywhere anymore. > you could, however, have the folder and file listings scripted in advance > for every installation. alternatively, you could go with browser specific > functionality like IE's FileSystemObject for this. but be aware a > kitty will die if you do this. Instead of making bad jokes you should have told about restrictions with file:// in MSHTML. But then again, what else to expect from you. >> And, can one setup a standalone app with AngularJS? Is there a >> tutorial demonstrating how to do this? > > given your requirements you could do that in plain javascript with very > little coding, really. but yes. AngularJS is basically client side and > you could solve that easily once you got the folder thing sorted > out. there's a quick introductory video tut on their page > http://angularjs.org/ Curious that Google would ship such obvious junk requiring proprietary attributes when it was their Ian Hickson who helped editing HTML5 so that it supported custom attributes with “data-” prefix as a standards-compliant approach. Curioser still that their example claims to be HTML5 when it clearly is not Valid. And if that was not bad enough, they are using jQuery. I would not be too surprised if Google Groups – deeply flawed both on the client and server side – was written using AngularJS. But then again, what else to expect from you. -- PointedEars Twitter: @PointedEars2 Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.