I like the sound of that. It certainly seems like something someone should look into. I'm not great with checking speed in code, but I want to try to look into that.
I'm interested in what types of applications would benefit from it. Can you share anything about yours? Ktu [k-two] On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Anthony Pace <anthony.p...@utoronto.ca>wrote: > -Now, if the user sets the local storage amount to unlimited, it is > possible to save and modify heaps of data; yet, at what cost speed wise? > -Is there a max size to a shared object, even if the user selects > unlimited? > -Is there something wrong with my idea, other than having to ask the user > to set the storage capacity to unlimited? > -Has anyone clocked speed of read and write access when files get extremely > large? > -Has anyone come up with a better solution when the app has to run in the > browser? > > I worked with shared objects a while back; however, I never really needed > to use them to store much more than cookie data. I am thinking about asking > the user to set the local storage to unlimited, in an attempt to decrease > the amount of memory that is required by an application, especially when it > gets to the 40mb or more of dynamically generated content and the user has > limited memory on their system. The user needs to be able to load multiple > files to be modified, and the modifications could be rather intense and have > very large file sizes; yet, not all files and resultant data will be > required for modification at the same time, and I was hoping that storage on > the system as a shared object, would be able to act as a scratch file. > > I know this isn't new, but I was also thinking that if the file is used > properly, and storage is set to unlimited, one could make an application > with most of the interface elements stored in the shared object; therefore, > even if the user clears their cache, the swf can check the shared object to > see when it was last updated and reuse what's stored if nothing has changed. > (reducing bandwidth and download time requirements)... Is this a pipe > dream? > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
