- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 22:16:24 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Jeremy Orlow wrote: > > I created a page that sets a variable in sessionStorage, then I > navigated to a different domain, then I went back to the page and > checked if the variable was still set. In Safari 4 (beta) it is. In > IE8 it isn't. The spec is not terribly clear: "When a top-level browsing > context is destroyed (and therefore permanently inaccessible to the > user) the data stored in its session storage areas can be discarded with > it, as the API described in this specification provides no way for that > data to ever be subsequently retrieved." > > Can anyone explain what's intended here? If not, can the spec make it > more clear? IE8 is buggy according to the text you quoted. I don't understand why the text is unclear. Does the definition of "browsing context" not leave this unambiguous? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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