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curious question: how do you get people to even click "ALLOW" when the popup says "do you want to allow this website to use localStorage"
by chewxy 14y ago
curious question: how do you get people to even click "ALLOW" when the popup says "do you want to allow this website to use localStorage"
- johanhil 14y agoWhat browser does this? I've never run in to it.
- anarchitect 14y agoIt happens in mobile Safari IIRC.
- ef4 14y agoPeople mean different things when they say "local storage". Some of the storage APIs prompt the user, some don't, some only prompt if you ask for more than a certain amount of storage space. The various browsers are not consistent, especially when it comes to quota management. I wrote up some notes on this, though they're about a year old now and the browser UIs continue to evolve: http://tech-blog.clericare.com/2012/02/choosing-right-browser-local-storage.html http://tech-blog.clericare.com/2012/02/choosing-right-browse... For someone building a consumer web app that needs to painlessly convert users in volume, I can see where it would still be a pain. For me, it's not so bad -- my app is B2B, and having an install step as simple as clicking "Allow this app to use up to 500MB on your computer?" is actually a huge improvement over the "enterprise" junk we compete with.