Data protocol URL size limitations

Question

Is there any size limitation for \"data:\" URL scheme values? I\'m interested in limitations in popular web browsers. In other words, how long can data:image/jpg;base6

Answer 1

I've read that Safari has a limit of 128K for data URIs:

http://blog.clawpaws.net/post/2007/07/16/Storing-iPhone-apps-locally-with-data-URLs#c1989348

And Chrome is 2M:

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=44820#c1