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lukifer on Feb 28, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: We need to kill off the localStorage API

The spec isn't broken; the browser implementations are broken. Even then, it's incredibly useful as is (although I haven't run into the locking issues described).

That said, we also need a client-side storage mechanism that supports queries, so I'm all for pushing toward IndexDB (or bringing back WebSQL).

kinlan on Feb 28, 2012 [–]

I think our context of use for localStorage is at fault too, it is insanely simple to use for small key value pairs.

lukifer on March 1, 2012 | [–]

Yeah, that's exactly what it's perfect for; like cookies, but without the 4K limit and the HTTP overhead.

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