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Not sure why you would say that. Maybe try some vscode extensions such as "Markdown Preview Enhanced" or "Markdown All In One"? Those works both offline and local.

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"Don't use a web app that has an extremely constrained permissions model and only has access to the files you explicitly grant it using the file picker, use a native app that has unconstrained access to everything!"

That is what I was wondering, if you could grant it access to read/write to a specific folder.

The main selling point would be if it works on my mobile. Vscode in its current form with plugins doesn't.

Why would you want to edit code on your mobile locally?

I set up my phone to code recently and the first thing I did was set up my editor to connect to a remote server.

Editing local files seems counter productive since you would think you would be doing most of your development not on a phone.

I don't but I use vscode for note taking. Chrome is cross platform and widely used so it would be easy for me to develop a standalone web app that works on most of my devices. I can sync the directory containing my data with self hosted next cloud.

There are other one time use cases where I don't want to install a native app. Sqooshy app is one. Maybe I want to make data extraction easier for someone with directory of old clunky pdf files. They don't need to download an app for that. Also Linux is a bit broken with sandboxing right now compared to browser.

I started using this: https://foambubble.github.io/foam/

I use markor for android markdown note taking. Apache license, simple, works on files, also useful for todo.txt

https://gsantner.net/project/markor.html?source=inapp_more_h...

VS Code sucks and if I were to go the route of a different app there are lot better options out there for markdown editing. This feature has a lot of amazing potential, but some people like the Apple-model so much that they'd prefer only being told what they are allowed to do.

As a counter opinion I would posit that VS Code is probably the most well written piece of widely-used software written in the last decade.

If you don't like the editing options, you've either not tried all the various plugins options available or you are too lazy or not interested enough to make your own.

> VS Code is probably the most well written piece of widely-used software written in the last decade.

You're entitled to your opinions, but I think your judgement is skewed.

chromedev thinks judgement for MS praise is skewed. Everyone should follow chromedev's judgement. Surely it isn't skewed. chromedev's judgement.

VS Code is solid. I still prefer TextMate on a Mac, but on windows 10, VS Code is by far the best.

    This feature has a lot of amazing potential

Lots of potential for abuse, especially. Any API introduced into an industry-controlling browser granting too many local privileges seems absolutely wild given that the Internet's full of people trying new and creative ways to scam, hack, or otherwise inconvenience end users.

As someone with professional experience in web security, this API is like a nightmare come true.

This is "Open File" and "Save File" taken API form. Right now web apps can already read and save files with uploads and downloads. This just allows the user to pass a file descriptor to the app rather than a copy of the file's contents.

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