Yes, it works. Trying it yourself takes less than a minute to test
with the firebug console + the config page

On Sep 22, 10:56 am, Marko Mrdjenovic <f...@friedcellcollective.net>
wrote:
> You might want to check if this works with (older?) Firefox versions that 
> support localStorage but have it disabled in about:config - had problems with 
> those...
>
> Best,
> fry
>
> On 22.9.2011, at 17:36, Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > function supportsStorage(){
> >    var ls = window.localStorage;
> >    return ls instanceof Object && !isNaN(ls.length);
> > }
>
> > On Sep 22, 5:19 am, Anders Jönsson <joensson.and...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi
>
> >> On "http://diveintohtml5.org/storage.html"; they use the following code to
> >> check for local storage support:
>
> >> function supports_html5_storage() {
> >>     try {
> >>         return 'localStorage' in window && window['localStorage'] !== null;
> >>     } catch (e) {
> >>         return false;
> >>     }
>
> >> }
>
> >> What's the difference between that way and this way?:
>
> >> function supports_html5_storage() {
> >>     try {
> >>         return typeof window.localStorage !== 'undefined';
> >>     } catch (e) {
> >>         return false;
> >>     }
>
> >> }
>
> >> And can we also remove the try...catch?:
>
> >> function supports_html5_storage1() {
> >>     return typeof window.localStorage !== 'undefined';
>
> >> }
>
> >> Is it more safe to use "'localStorage' in window && window['localStorage']
> >> !== null; " over "typeof"?
>
> >> Regards
>
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