File I/O in Central : What do you want?

Created Mon, 05 Jan 2004 12:08:01 +0000 Modified Mon, 05 Jan 2004 12:08:01 +0000
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The single most requested feature for Central has been File I/O support. So, how would you want File I/O implemented in Central? What would you use it for? What features / abilities do you want?

How would you rank the following in order of importance / usefulness?

  • (A) Uploading/downloading files from a server.
  • (B) Having a folder on the user’s computer where apps could save or open files, without querying the user.
  • (C) Being able to open or save files from/to arbitrary locations on the user’s computer, using file dialogs.
  • (D) Being able to create new files from arbitrary data in your app. Which files types would be useful here: text, xml, jpeg, etc.?
  • (E) Being able to open, edit and save existing files. Again, which file types?

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