web-storage.txt

Web Storage


code example -> szeryf.github.com/storage.html

function set_secret() {
  localStorage['secret'] = prompt('secret:');
}
function show_secret() {
  alert(localStorage['secret']);
}


localStorage & sessionStorage
sessionStorage: browser session scoped 
(better than cookies in some situations, e.g. simultaneous transactions in multiple browser windows)


HTML5 STORAGE SUPPORT
IE    FIREFOX    SAFARI    CHROME    OPERA    IPHONE    ANDROID
8.0+    3.5+      4.0+      4.0+      10.5+    2.0+     2.0+

size restrictions
5 MB (IE8: 10MB)



Little big details
- small settings like last used tab, sorting, search mode, search term, view mode


Alternatives (session, cookies, db) clunky or tiresome


Immediate engagement -> http://www.slideshare.net/bokardo/designing-for-social-traction


Instead of:
sign-up => use => customer

Try:
use => sign-up => customer


Small problem
(another browser)


Bigger problem
(another computer)