[HTML5 web storage aka localStorage - how to whitelist?]

So I guess the request here is to have control of webappsstore as is given for cookies (also we should find out where safari, chrome save these files, as well as ie9 when it drops next week.

 

Yep, that's exactly it... it'd be awesome if CCleaner supported the exclusion of "HTML5 cookies" aka DOM Storage - especially if it could be done on a per-site basis.. My understanding is that BetterPrivacy (a firefox addon) has this capability.

[HTML5 web storage aka localStorage - how to whitelist?]

First question: Where on the computer does HTML5 localstorage get saved? (be specific e.g. %appdata%\xxxx, cookies folder, etc). The only place I could find a reference to localstorage was in Safari's Cookie Cleaning (%localappdata%\Apple Computer\Safari\LocalStorage|*.*

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Second Question: does this occur in only WebKit-based browsers or does it occur in other browsers as well (Please list them if so)

These questions should aid us in figuring out a better way for users not to lose their information. . . andf/or help the developers come up with a stragegy for making sure stuff's not lost.

 

CCleaner does have a Include/Exclude but you would have to explicitly tell your users to use the exclude section and the exact file or folder that they should be excluding.

 

Remember two things. 1) we who are answering are just volunteers here 2) the developers of CCleaner read every post so they will either chime in and/or add some sort of mechanism, provided of course that we can get everything answered that needs to be answered.

 

Thanks for the response...

 

It occurs in both webkit browsers and firefox.

 

I was able to track down the filename in Firefox - it goes in your user profile directory (varies by OS), and it's called webappsstore.sqlite

 

I can't seem to find solid information on Chrome or Safari, but I'm sure it's in a similar file, probably also sqlite I'd guess.

[HTML5 web storage aka localStorage - how to whitelist?]

Hello there,

 

I develop a browser extension that requires HTML5 localStorage for a specific domain (reddit.com). Now that I have a lot of users (in the few thousand range), I'm finding that those running things like BetterPrivacy and CCleaner are losing their settings any time they restart their browser and/or computer.

 

It looks like CCleaner recently added a way to clean out HTML5 localStorage -- all fine and good, but I can't seem to find anything in the documentation about being able to whitelist localStorage the way you can whitelist specific cookies. Is there any way to do this?

 

If not, I think it's a pretty important feature to add, as web applications, browser extensions etc have very legitimate uses for this type of storage. Not all cookie and localStorage use is nefarious.

 

Thanks for any assistance you can provide...