- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:09:20 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Brady Eidson wrote: > > First off, my first impression of the new API is that I like it a lot > and think it addresses most - if not all - of the outstanding issues. Great! > We'll see if that impression continues after I process it all! =D Please send feedback if it doesn't! :-) > The database name is - and should remain - a technical detail that is > internal to the implementation of a web application. I propose we > provide an optional way for an openDatabase() call to include a > DatabaseDescription, which is meant to be a human-readable name or > description of the database. This would make policy prompts regarding > the database (creation, increasing the size) as well as the management > UI potentially more meaningful and clear to the user. Done. > A side proprosal that might help consolidate the "should I allow this > database to be created?" and "should this origin be allowed to go over > its size limit?" prompts would be to provide another optional argument > to the openDatabase() call which is the "expected size of the database" > which is something many application developers may be able to establish > ahead of time. Done. We might drop estimatedSize if it's rarely used appropriately (e.g. if people always say "0" or "999999999999999999999"). -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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