[html5] r8241 - [giow] (1) Suggest that quotas be based on uncompressed sizes, since the alterna [...]

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Author: ianh
Date: 2013-10-23 15:15:22 -0700 (Wed, 23 Oct 2013)
New Revision: 8241

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[giow] (1) Suggest that quotas be based on uncompressed sizes, since the alternatives are more abusable and less predictable for authors and users
Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21319
Affected topics: DOM APIs, Offline Web Applications

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2013-10-23 22:07:11 UTC (rev 8240)
+++ complete.html	2013-10-23 22:15:22 UTC (rev 8241)
@@ -69477,6 +69477,9 @@
   <p>User agents should allow users to see how much space each domain is using, and may offer the
   user the ability to delete specific <a href=#application-cache title="application cache">application caches</a>.</p>
 
+  <p>For predictability, quotas should be based on the uncompressed size of data stored.</p>
+  <!-- see https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21319#c3 -->
+
   <p class=note>How quotas are presented to the user is not defined by this specification. User
   agents are encouraged to provide features such as allowing a user to indicate that certain sites
   are trusted to use more than the default quota, e.g. by asynchronously presenting a user interface
@@ -82814,7 +82817,10 @@
   <p>A mostly arbitrary limit of five megabytes per <a href=#origin>origin</a> is suggested. Implementation
   feedback is welcome and will be used to update this suggestion in the future.</p>
 
+  <p>For predictability, quotas should be based on the uncompressed size of data stored.</p>
+  <!-- see https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21319#c3 -->
 
+
   <h3 id=privacy><span class=secno>11.4 </span>Privacy</h3>
 
   <h4 id=user-tracking><span class=secno>11.4.1 </span>User tracking</h4>

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2013-10-23 22:07:11 UTC (rev 8240)
+++ index	2013-10-23 22:15:22 UTC (rev 8241)
@@ -69477,6 +69477,9 @@
   <p>User agents should allow users to see how much space each domain is using, and may offer the
   user the ability to delete specific <a href=#application-cache title="application cache">application caches</a>.</p>
 
+  <p>For predictability, quotas should be based on the uncompressed size of data stored.</p>
+  <!-- see https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21319#c3 -->
+
   <p class=note>How quotas are presented to the user is not defined by this specification. User
   agents are encouraged to provide features such as allowing a user to indicate that certain sites
   are trusted to use more than the default quota, e.g. by asynchronously presenting a user interface
@@ -82814,7 +82817,10 @@
   <p>A mostly arbitrary limit of five megabytes per <a href=#origin>origin</a> is suggested. Implementation
   feedback is welcome and will be used to update this suggestion in the future.</p>
 
+  <p>For predictability, quotas should be based on the uncompressed size of data stored.</p>
+  <!-- see https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21319#c3 -->
 
+
   <h3 id=privacy><span class=secno>11.4 </span>Privacy</h3>
 
   <h4 id=user-tracking><span class=secno>11.4.1 </span>User tracking</h4>

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2013-10-23 22:07:11 UTC (rev 8240)
+++ source	2013-10-23 22:15:22 UTC (rev 8241)
@@ -77565,6 +77565,9 @@
   <p>User agents should allow users to see how much space each domain is using, and may offer the
   user the ability to delete specific <span data-x="application cache">application caches</span>.</p>
 
+  <p>For predictability, quotas should be based on the uncompressed size of data stored.</p>
+  <!-- see https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21319#c3 -->
+
   <p class="note">How quotas are presented to the user is not defined by this specification. User
   agents are encouraged to provide features such as allowing a user to indicate that certain sites
   are trusted to use more than the default quota, e.g. by asynchronously presenting a user interface
@@ -92172,7 +92175,10 @@
   <p>A mostly arbitrary limit of five megabytes per <span>origin</span> is suggested. Implementation
   feedback is welcome and will be used to update this suggestion in the future.</p>
 
+  <p>For predictability, quotas should be based on the uncompressed size of data stored.</p>
+  <!-- see https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21319#c3 -->
 
+
   <h4>Privacy</h4>
 
   <h5>User tracking</h5>