8. Differences
Cookies localStorage
• All in one string
• Expire
• Cross-subdomain
9. Differences
Cookies localStorage
• All in one string • Properties on Object
• Expire
• Cross-subdomain
10. Differences
Cookies localStorage
• All in one string • Properties on Object
• Expire • No expiration
• Cross-subdomain
11. Differences
Cookies localStorage
• All in one string • Properties on Object
• Expire • No expiration
• Cross-subdomain • Local to subdomain
12. Storage Limits
Cookies localStorage
Guaranteed minimum of 300 localStorage 2.5mb limit per
cookies, 4kb per, 20 per host/ domain (Webkit stores as
domain. Overhead costs per UTF-16), unlimited properties
cookie (~50char). per domain, spec recommends
using same storage across
subdomains, no expiry
localStorage support: http://dev-test.nemikor.com/web-storage/support-test/