Of all the changes bundled in the HTML5 drafts, few are as radical or subversive as the options for storing data locally. From the very beginning, the Web browser was intended to be a client in the ...

This article is excerpted from HTML5 Developer’s Cookbook and reprinted with permission of publisher Pearson/Addison-Wesley Professional. The persistence of information in the visitor’s browser has ...

The truth is, despite its powerful capabilities, HTML5 isn’t the solution for every problem. Its additional features are compelling and will help make web apps formidable competitors for native apps, ...

I just realized that the new preferred method of tracking web users is by using HTML5 cookies (along with Flash cookies). If you go to your /Users/<username>/Library ...

When I first wrote my abstract for my upcoming RMOUG Training Days 2011 presentation “A First Look at HTML5,” I wrote that I’d demonstrate HTML5 in versions of the three most commonly used web ...

There has been a lot of talk recently about zombie browser cookies, but the tracking behavior enabled by some new HTML5 local storage features is also cause for concern. Ars looks at one prominent ...