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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T13:06:24+00:00 2026-05-13T13:06:24+00:00

I hear that Firefox 3.6 adds support for the HTML local file API (

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I hear that Firefox 3.6 adds support for the HTML local file API (Announcement here).

Does this mean that I can access local files from javascript?

Can anyone point me to examples for reading / writing local files?

I would love to be able to read / write simple text files.

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    2026-05-13T13:06:24+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 1:06 pm

    The only files you can access are files dropped from the desktop or files that has been selected from an <input/> tag. See the demo I’ve written here: http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/12/uploading-files-with-xmlhttprequest/

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