Does that mean that no other App is allowed to open or save documents, and all content you create is gone once you turn the device off?
No
Or does every other program simply implement this functionality in a different way that letting the user directly access the filesystem, and the browser simply lacks this different way?
No, it is a restriction that only images, videos and other "allowed" files can be accessed.
I.e, can I take a photo on an iDevice, look at it, and then it disappears when I turn the device off? Or can I take a photo, attach that photo to an e-mail, and send it to someone, but when "someone" is a person on a social networking site, rather than a person in my address book, I can't send him the photo, because the browser lacks functionality that the e-mail client has?
Why you assume all uploads are just to send a photo to someone? Can't it be uploading a photo to a job search site? or, uploading a pdf to a file sharing site? Oh! Apple hates sharing;-)
no matter what one uses or hates, there should be freedom to choose!
Don't just tell me why it doesn't work on Apple and how to fix it. Just tell me why can't I run a Gecko based browser?
unless you jailbreak, which is trivial and easier than complaining about lack of filesystem access in a/. post
why can't you just buy an Android device which is cheaper, more customizable, trivial and easier than spending money on fancy iToys and defending them here?
Oh, are all of them also up in arms about iOS only having webkit-based browsers? No? Then your statement is irrellivant to GP's (rhetorical) question.
Few of them complained about the lack of "upload" button in Safari for iPhone and switched to Android back in 2011. I know it is due to restrictions on apps to read filesystem of the device, but why they don't allow their own browser to do that? Again, I am asking, no matter what one uses or hates, there should be freedom to choose!
Lot of my friends who use Android have Firefox installed. Some of them use "Opera Mini" (not Opera Mobile), which reduces the data consumption. That said, it is silly to argue over how many actually make use of freedom against is there freedom at all!
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Does that mean that no other App is allowed to open or save documents, and all content you create is gone once you turn the device off?
No
Or does every other program simply implement this functionality in a different way that letting the user directly access the filesystem, and the browser simply lacks this different way?
No, it is a restriction that only images, videos and other "allowed" files can be accessed.
I.e, can I take a photo on an iDevice, look at it, and then it disappears when I turn the device off? Or can I take a photo, attach that photo to an e-mail, and send it to someone, but when "someone" is a person on a social networking site, rather than a person in my address book, I can't send him the photo, because the browser lacks functionality that the e-mail client has?
Why you assume all uploads are just to send a photo to someone? Can't it be uploading a photo to a job search site? or, uploading a pdf to a file sharing site? Oh! Apple hates sharing ;-)
no matter what one uses or hates, there should be freedom to choose!
Don't just tell me why it doesn't work on Apple and how to fix it. Just tell me why can't I run a Gecko based browser?
unless you jailbreak, which is trivial and easier than complaining about lack of filesystem access in a /. post
why can't you just buy an Android device which is cheaper, more customizable, trivial and easier than spending money on fancy iToys and defending them here?
Oh, are all of them also up in arms about iOS only having webkit-based browsers? No? Then your statement is irrellivant to GP's (rhetorical) question.
Few of them complained about the lack of "upload" button in Safari for iPhone and switched to Android back in 2011. I know it is due to restrictions on apps to read filesystem of the device, but why they don't allow their own browser to do that? Again, I am asking, no matter what one uses or hates, there should be freedom to choose!
Lot of my friends who use Android have Firefox installed. Some of them use "Opera Mini" (not Opera Mobile), which reduces the data consumption. That said, it is silly to argue over how many actually make use of freedom against is there freedom at all!
Is the size cap on the file size on disk or on actual file size?
I have Fedora (Gnome) and openSuse (KDE) at home. At work I use XP and Windows 7. But still I can't understand what is the difference!