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*Do we need a discovery method?*what's What is the syntax for an IPv6 address in site? As per RFC 3986 "IP-literal" ([http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc3986.html#host.ip])?<br> = Notes = == Overview of current UIs == {|! Type || Firefox || IE || Opera || Safari || Chrome|-! Browsing History | yes || yes || yes || yes || yes|-! Download History | yes || yes || yes || yes || yes|-! Form History| yes || yes || ? || yes || yes|-! Search History| yes || ? || ? || ? || ?|-! Cookies| yes || yes || temporary/all || yes || yes|-! Cache| yes || yes || yes || yes || yes|-! Active Logins| yes || yes || "password manager" || yes || yes|-! Site Preferences| yes || ? || ? || ? || ?|} In addition, IE has "InPrivate Filtering Data" (what is this?) In addition, Opera has "delete password protected pages and data" and "bookmark visited times". In addition, Safari has "webpage preview images", "website icons" and "top sites" {|! Parameters || Firefox || IE || Opera || Safari || Chrome|-! Time Range| yes || no || no || no || yes|-! By Site| yes (context menu in history) || ?? || ?? || ?? || ??|} == Existing Discussion and Documentation == Mail thread on plugin-futures: [https://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2010-January/001150.html https://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2010-January/001150.html] In particular, Lloyd Hilaiel proposed an alternate approach where plugins would store everything in a standard filesystem based layout, so the UA itself can do the clearing. See [https://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2010-January/001156.html https://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2010-January/001156.html] Flash Local Storage: [http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help02.html http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help02.html] Firefox issue - clearing local storage with time range: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527667 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527667]