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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I tried out local storage,
used it to save the contents of a content-editable passage. It worked
great in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and MSIE. Only one problem: Every
time I switched browsers, I had to start over with the original
unedited passage. So I have two requests.<br>
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1. I would like the browser vendors to all use the same implementation
of localStorage, as this will greatly facilitate browser-independent
viewing experiences. As it stands, I have no idea how to maintain
continuity if a user viewing my page in one browser switches to another
browser. None.<br>
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2. Kindly extend the specification so that other applications can make
constructive use of localStorage. Specifically, (a) establish a
convention for associating keys with particular files (e.g., by
prepending the file's path name to the key), and (b) allowing other
applications to treat the file and its associated local storage as a
single entity. Doing this would</font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> allow a user to e-mail the
current state of a file to a friend, so that both will have the same
view of the file. This ability to share "current" views of a file is
useful for maintaining HTML's role as a communications vehicle.<br>
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</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Jim Williams</font>
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