--- Philip Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 00:59:16 +0100, yaa at euronet wrote: > > > Is it posible to store a considerable amount of data in a > preference on the > > client's browser? Is there a maximum string size? > > I want to know if I do that, will this punish it the user in speed > or not. > > And if it goes against etiquette. > > > Let me explain, I am the developer of Sitebar Client. > > The developer of the Sitebar Server asked me if I can somehow keep > the sidebar > > from reloading while keeping the content it had before closing. > > I don't want to mess with the default working of firefox it's > reloading every > > time the sidebar is opened, if I can help it. > > > So my plan was to cache the page in a string, not uncommon in the > server land > > of webprogramming, and put it back just after reloading of the > sidebar. > > Unless somebody on this list know an alternative way to deal with > this, in > > that case I am all ears(eyes). > > You can create an in-memory RDF datasource. This will automatically > be > cached by the RDF cache. This should persist across the sidebar > open/close > cycles. You can also store the RDF datasource as a file in the user's > profile directory making the data persistent across browser startup/ > shutdowns. > > PasswordMaker makes extensive use of RDF, perhaps you could ask Eric > how he > does stuff like this? > I would be glad to help, but I don't really understand problem. It sounds like, when the sidebar is opened, he wants it to display its previous content without hitting a server to download this information. Is that correct? If so, I agree with Phil that using an enormous string preference to cache this information is not very elegant. Whether you cache in-memory or on disk simply depends on whether or not you want the cache to persist across browser invocations. > Phil > -- > Philip Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org > Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, > oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. > [ ]If it's working OK, then something's GOTTA be wrong! > * TagZilla 0.059 > _______________________________________________ > Project_owners mailing list > [email protected] > http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners > _______________________________________________ Project_owners mailing list [email protected] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners
