I'd rather websql wasn't removed. I use it for a few non-web applications making it possible to have a one click app with a database without too much hassle. Having to roll your own with web assembly sounds like it wouldn't be worth the trouble.
On Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 8:18:38 PM UTC-4 ay...@chromium.org wrote: > > *Contact emails*ay...@chromium.org, jsb...@chromium.org, > ajayra...@google.com > > > *Specification*https://www.w3.org/TR/webdatabase/ > > > *Summary*We intend to deprecate and remove usage of WebSQL in non-secure > contexts. Deprecation is targeted for M105 and removal is targeted for M107. > > > *Blink component*Blink>Storage>WebSQL > <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EStorage%3EWebSQL> > > > *Motivation*The Web SQL Database standard was first proposed in April > 2009 and abandoned in November 2010. Gecko never implemented this feature > and WebKit deprecated this feature in 2019 > <https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/commit/761bce943c0696a6bb93116eb0576ed07dbfdc65>. > > The W3C encouraged those needing web databases to adopt Web Storage > <https://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/> or Indexed Database > <https://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/>. > > WebSQL has been deprecated and removed > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/TM6YDx1Hh08> for > third-party contexts in M97. > > We hope to entirely deprecate and remove WebSQL at some future point when > usage is low enough. > > > *TAG review*N/A > > Risks > Based on usage measurements > <https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/4073> > rolled out in M97, 0.005% of page loads use WebSQL in a non-secure > context. Less than 0.01% of top sites have adopted this feature. > > Out of the 20 top sites listed for the month of April 2022, 11 of the > sites use a feature detection library Modernizr 1.5 > <https://modernizr.com/news/modernizr-15>, on a version released in 2010. > This would create a test database to check feature availability. I was > unable to reproduce the creation of other WebSQL databases outside of the > one created by Modernizr on these sites. 4 sites that seem to use an outdated > private mode detection script <https://stackoverflow.com/q/48169810> > which was intended for older versions of iOS. All the scripts I have found > checked if window.openDatabase existed before usage, likely due to the lack > of support in Gecko and WebKit. > > Interoperability and Compatibility > > Gecko: Never implemented > > WebKit: Deprecation shipped in iOS 13 and Safari 13 > <https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/277564/webkit> > > Web developers: No signals > > > *Debuggability*N/A > > Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests > <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> > ? > Not fully, one test > <https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/blink/web_tests/external/wpt/clear-site-data/support/test_utils.sub.js;l=136> > > checks the availability of the feature. > > > *Tracking bug*https://crbug.com/1212492 > > Link to related intents > Intent to Deprecate and Remove: WebSQL in third-party contexts > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/TM6YDx1Hh08> > > > *Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status* > https://chromestatus.com/feature/5175124599767040 > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/7f5ce439-914f-4aa0-8a2a-776a08addd1dn%40chromium.org.
