As far as I know, there are two ways to create a local database on the browser, either go with HTML5 window.openDatabase or Google Gears.
Which one is better, and why?
Are there any other alternatives beside those two?
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Gears is deprecated whilst HTML5 WebStorage is rising. Pick your poison.
Build yourself a “wrapper” around both and switch at runtime.