[whatwg] Web Storage: apparent contradiction in spec

[Jens Alfke]

On Aug 27, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Dirk Pranke wrote:

> Would you hold a different opinion for different types of HTML5-based
> applications (like the TiddlyWiki app that gets copied locally)? Or
> would you require that all apps go through an install process that
> acquires quota, permissions, etc.?

Locally-stored apps are a different story. But I don't necessarily see  
TiddlyWiki (or similar apps) as working that way. It currently has to  
be saved to a local HTML file because its only mechanism for saving  
content is to self-modify its source. With HTML5 persistent storage,  
there's no reason it couldn't live on a server like tiddlywiki.com.  
With app-caching support too, it would work offline just as well as  
the current version does.

—Jens