Add URL Link To Desktop

[notaflasher]

I want to have site visitors be able to put a link to a website on their desktop. Asking them to click on a link, bookmark it, and then save the link to their desktop is too involved. A one click solution is what I'm hoping for, but something like dragging an icon off the .swf to the desktop would be okay.

Basically, anything that would place a specific icon as a shortcut to a specific website on the visitor's desktop.

Any ideas?

[CyanBlue]

I don't think it is possible for security reason... If a website can write something to a user's local hard disk, desktop, you could potentially overwrite some important files...

[notaflasher]

Thanks for the quick reply, CB. That wasn't the answer I was hoping for, however. :p

I guess I'm thinking that if you can right click on an image and save it to your hard drive, then you should be able to right click on a url shortcut file and save IT to your hard drive. I totally get the issue of security though.

[CyanBlue]

Here is an easier way to handle that...
You see the AS.org favicon in the location bar of your web browser??? Just drag it down to the desktop, and there it is, you've got yourself a shortcut on your desktop... Maybe this will work better???

Oh, it's CyanBlue not CB...

[notaflasher]

Thanks CyanBlue (sorry about taking liberties with shortening your name).

Dragging the location bar icon is a good start. I didn't know you could do that. Now I just need to get the icon changed. That has nothing to do with flash, however.

So unless someone else has any kewl ideas about this, I guess I'll start focusing on the browser. Thanks again.

[CyanBlue]

You could also execute a JavaScript that will add the site to the bookmark, but that won't place an icon in the desktop...

At any rate, please keep us posted on the development... ;)