chromeappsstore.sqlite

[Anonymosity]

I just noticed an unfamiliar file in my Firefox 6 profile, chromeappsstore.sqlite. What is that for?

[KWierso]

Something to do with eventually supporting installing webapps directly into the browser, I think.

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy y'all,

found this ...
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Revie ... ity_Review

localstorage/DOMStorage has a special store for about: pages in chromeappsstore.sqlite

i honestly don't know what that means, tho. [*grin*] i see the file referred to in many bugs concerning about:home when wandering thru bugzilla and still aint certain what it is for.

take care,
lee

-ps
some more info ...
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/quest ... wer-187996
lee-

[Bluefang]

Break-down the name.

chrome - the UI
app - application, as in web app
store - data store / database

localstorage/DOMStorage was originally part of the HTML5 specification, for use in web apps. So that quote means that chromeappsstore.sqlite is used as part of the localstorage/DOMStorage implementation used by the about:* pages.

For example, the values currently in mine are:

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"emoh.:moz-safe-about","search-engine","{""name"":""Google"",""searchUrl"":""http://www.google.com/search?q=_searchTerms_&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a""}","0",""
"emoh.:moz-safe-about","snippets-update-url","https://snippets.mozilla.com/1/Firefox/9.0a1/20110820030758/Linux_x86_64-gcc3/en-US/nightly/Linux%203.0.1-gentoo%20(GTK%202.24.4)/default/default/","0",""

The CSV fields are scope, key, value, secure, owner

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy Bluefang,

thanks, dude! i even think i understand ... [*grin*]

take care,
lee

[Anonymosity]

I disabled DOM storage, so why would that file be there, if it collects data?
I got another answer from another forum. That answer was that it controls the search container in about:home. No details were given, however.

[Bluefang]

I'm guessing the DOM Storage preference only controls the web-facing DOM Storage.

As I've already said, given that the file is named chromeappsstore.sqlite, it's probably used by the DOM Storage available internally to chrome/UI components.

EDIT: and indeed there is a webappstore.sqlite file, which is used by the DOM Storage available to web pages.