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Local Storage

• In the past, Local Storage did not exist for Browsers
• The beginning of Local Storage was started by MS as part of DHTML Behaviors called userData
  • userData allowed for 64 KB of memory but did not allow give permissions to the developer to increase the size if needed
• In 2002 Adobe introduced Flash which allowed for 100 KB using Local Shared Objects (“Flash Cookies”).
  • Brad Neuberg developed a Flash to JavaScript Bridge called AMASS (AJAX Massive Storage System)
• In 2007 Google introduced Gears a tool that can store unlimited amounts of data in SQL database tables.
• Eventually it has all evolved into what is now called “Local Storage” which is native to all modern browsers.
• Storage memory max is set to 5 MB
• Local Storage can be managed by Event Handlers using the following Methods
  1. setItem()
  2. removeItem()
  3. clear()
• Local Storage is still evolving and there are competing ideologies such as Google Gears.

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