Saving a file with Javascript in S60v3 mobile browser

Question

I'm busy experimenting with TiddlyWiki and trying to get it to run on my Nokia E51, which uses S60v3. The browser is based on webkit, which should mean that I'd be able to get it to work, but no luck so far.

Does anyone have any experience with saving files locally on this platform?

Answer 1

I skimmed through the source of TiddlyWiki. For its file operations it is using the jQuery.twFile plugin which in turn uses a custom Java applet on Webkit-based browsers. The S60 browser does not support java applets so I'm afraid you're out of luck.

Answer 2

I may be wrong here but a quick look at the widget training course on forum Nokia makes it seem like file system access from JavaScript isn't available on S60.

http://www.forum.nokia.com/Tools_Docs_and_Code/Documentation/Web_Technologies/

It really look like you're supposed to retrieve persistent data from the network.

I would hope the web browser cache allows you to query remote data several times while only transfering it once.

Answer 3

On my E51 I am able do download files the old-fashion way: A simple link to a file with a fitting mimetype.