1. There is no simple solution for local storage

    • by Chris Heilmann • Featured Article, HTML5, IndexedDB, localStorage, Performance, Research • 94 comments

    TL;DR: we have to stop advocating localStorage as a great opportunity for storing data as it performs badly. Sadly enough the alternatives are not nearly as supported or simple to implement. When it comes to web development you will always encounter things that sound too Read more…

  2. Storing images and files in IndexedDB

    • by Robert Nyman • Featured Article, IndexedDB • 16 comments

    The other day we wrote about how to Save images and files in localStorage, and it was about being pragmatic with what we have available today. There are, however, a number of performance implications with localStorage – something that we will cover on this blog Read more…

  3. Webinar: IndexedDB with Jonas Sicking

    • by Janet Swisher • Featured Article, IndexedDB, Webinars • 7 comments

    Update 2011-12-20: The video recording of this webinar is now available: IndexedDB is the emerging standard for structured client-side data storage. The IndexedDB standard is supported by current versions of Firefox and Chrome, and support for it is expected in Internet Explorer 10. With this Read more…

  4. Announcing Firefox Aurora 10

    • by Joe Stagner • Aurora, Developer Tools, DOM, Feature, Featured Article, Firefox, HTML5, IndexedDB, WebGL • 19 comments

    We’re happy to announce the availability of Aurora 10. (Download and Test Aurora 10) In additional to the normal improvements that you’ve come to expect like performance, security and bug fixes, Aurora 10 focuses in HTML5 enhancements. New additions HTML5 Visibility API createProcessingInstruction WebGL antialiasing Read more…

  5. Mozilla Hacks Weekly, November 3rd 2011

    • by Robert Nyman • CSS, HTML5, IndexedDB, JavaScript, Mozilla Hacks Weekly • No comments yet

    Thursday again, and we in the Mozilla’s Developer Engagement Team has our weekly reading tips for Read more…

  6. IndexedDB in Firefox 4

    • by Janet Swisher • Firefox 4, IndexedDB • 11 comments

    This is a guest post from Ben Turner, one of the developers of IndexedDB for Firefox. Mozilla is pleased to announce support for IndexedDB in the upcoming Firefox 4 Beta 9 and recent trunk nightlies. IndexedDB allows web apps to store large amounts of data Read more…

  7. People of HTML5 – Remy Sharp

    • by Chris Heilmann • Audio, HTML5, IndexedDB, JavaScript, Offline, People of HTML5, Performance, Standards, Video, Web Developers • 3 comments

    HTML5 needs spokespeople to work. There are a lot of people out there who took on this role, and here at Mozilla we thought it is a good idea to introduce some of them to you with a series of interviews and short videos. The Read more…

  8. Firefox 4: An early walk-through of IndexedDB

    • by Arun Ranganathan and Shawn Wilsher • Firefox 4, IndexedDB, Standards • 170 comments

    Web developers already have localStorage, which is used for client side storage of simple key-value pairs. This alone doesn’t address the needs of many web applications for structured storage and indexed data. Mozilla is working on a structured storage API with indexing support called IndexedDB, Read more…

  9. Beyond HTML5: Database APIs and the Road to IndexedDB

    • by Arun Ranganathan • Firefox 4, IndexedDB, Standards • 100 comments

    IndexedDB is an evolving web standard for the storage of significant amounts of structured data in the browser and for high performance searches on this data using indexes. Mozilla has submitted substantial technical feedback on the specification, and we plan to implement it in Firefox Read more…