Resending Re: WebStorage and WebDatabase - creation and exceptions

There was no response to this earlier, so resending it. Please answer  
the question:

> why allow browsers to selectively block out WebDatabase and not  
> other kinds of storage?

Nikunj

On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote:

> In WebDatabase:
>
> The user agent may raise a SECURITY_ERR exception instead of  
> returning a Database object if the request violates a policy  
> decision (e.g. if the user agent is configured to not allow the page  
> to open databases).
>
> In WebStorage (emphasis mine):
>
> When a new HTMLDocument is created, the user agent must check to see  
> if the document's top-level browsing context has allocated a session  
> storage area for that document's origin. If it has not, a new  
> storage area for that document's origin must be created.
>
> When the localStorage attribute is accessed, the user agent must  
> check to see if it has allocated a local storage area for the origin  
> of the Document of the Window object on which the method was  
> invoked. If it has not, a new storage area for that origin must be  
> created.
>
> A browser may not allow local storage for a certain origin, just  
> like it may not allow cookies to be stored. What is the expected  
> behavior in that case?
>
> Alternatively, why allow browsers to selectively block out  
> WebDatabase and not other kinds of storage?
>
> Nikunj
> http://o-micron.blogspot.com
>
>
>

Nikunj
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