Cookie Monster is not the only one looking past cookies. The Web Storage specification aims to define “an API for persistent data storage of key-value pair data in Web clients.” Like the Geolocation ...

HTML5 Web Storage: Session storageThe simplest level of Web Storage will store data for the current session — in other words, as long as the browser tab or window remains open. This may not be a hard ...

HTML5 has reopened the debate about whether Web applications can compete with native applications. Now, with the latest World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)'s Web Application Working Group Web Storage ...

HTML5 storage support is designed for two key scenarios. First, it enables a site to work offline. As site users input data, even when offline, the data can be stored locally on the client and then ...

A security researcher has found a loophole in how the HTML5 Web Storage standard is implemented in the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Apple Safari browsers that could allow malicious websites ...

This article is excerpted from HTML5 Developer’s Cookbook and reprinted with permission of publisher Pearson/Addison-Wesley Professional. The persistence of information in the visitor’s browser has ...

HTML is a living entity. It has been evolving since its creation and will continue to evolve as long as we continue to find new and innovative ways to use the Internet. HTML5 is the latest ...

No emerging technology on the web has been more touted than HTML5. But what does it mean for users and developers. This article takes you through the real-life impact this monster new standard is ...

HTML5 Web Storage, Web Database, FileReader, FileWriter, and AppCaching APIs will transform Web pages into local applications, but not yet Of all the changes bundled in the HTML5 drafts, few are as ...