In bug 781982, we're planning on implementing IndexedDB capabilities in Private Browsing Mode.
The current plan is to: - Store IDB databases, minus blobs, in memory for the lifetime of the private browsing session - Store blobs to disk, encrypted via a key that is only held in memory during the private browsing session. We'll clean up encrypted blobs on disk at the end of the private browsing session, or on next startup if there is a crash. One of the main reasons of this design is games. Apparently we've gotten a lot of requests for being able to play games in private browsing mode, and storing blobs for game assets in memory would quickly eat through whatever probably conservative memory budget we would allocate. However, there's been some pushback on the idea of storing anything to disk while in private browsing mode, so we'd like to get some input about this. AFAIK, Chrome's strategy for this is to just store everything in memory and keep a fairly small size cap on it (something like 32mb?). Bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781982 Platform coverage: All platforms. Estimated or target release: Not yet determined. Do other browser engines implement this? Blink: Yes Edge: Not yet implemented. WebKit: Yes Tests: Not yet written. _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
