Note that file:// storage is quite fragile, I believe it is keyed by either the file path or the folder path, so moving the downloaded file will effectively replace/clear the storage...
☆*PhistucK* On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 4:40 PM Carl Turechek <carlturec...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 outdated 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 > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/7f5ce439-914f-4aa0-8a2a-776a08addd1dn%40chromium.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CABc02_%2BwA6qGt4gUodCUqXr0JRSyQeUL%2Bu5%3DiUpuXGaWxXNR3w%40mail.gmail.com.
