= 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) || ?? || ?? || ?? || ??|} === Type of Data === * things the user enters, except for credentials (form data)* credentials* things cached by the UA (pages, preview images, icons)* local data stored by the server / web application (cookies, HTML5 local storage, Flash/Silverlight local storage)* history information (bookmarks, visited URIs)* settings specific to a site (Notes for instance, preferences with respect to privacy, script disabling...) === Time range === Several UAs offer to restrict the clear operation to a time range such as "today" or "last week". === Site/URI === Firefox supports "forget about this site". Other UAs do not appear to support this. == Existing Discussion and Documentation == Mail thread on plugin-futures: specification are [[httpsNPAPI://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2010-January/001150.html https://mail.mozilla.org/private/plugin-futures/2010-January/001150.htmlClearPrivateDataNotes|here] 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]
