Dealing with quota: The challenge of limited local storage quotas for web applications

Installed native applications can use all the space they want, but in the browser we're much more limited. This talk will explore how to make the best use of the storage technologies available to web apps, comparing the virtues of different packaging and encoding techniques, as well as simple forms of in-browser compression that can yield surprising results. As more apps aim to surf over network turbulance and even work when completely disconnected from the network, local storage becomes ever more important.

Andrew is a PHP and JavaScript developer, web standards advocate and founder of Assanka, a London-based web development firm recently acquired by the Financial Times. His area of expertise is emerging web technologies, particularly on mobile and tablet platforms, where Assanka (now FT Labs) is known for cutting edge web apps.