window.name as a data transport: a valid approach?

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Overview and original question

window.name is an interesting beast. MDN\'s description hints at the original intent:

The name

Answer 1

window.name isn't particularly good as a transport, as (AFAIK) it doesn't fire any events when it's changed. As a result, an application which was trying to use window.name as a two-way communications channel would have to poll it for updates.

As far as sites that actually use it: I've never heard of any. There might be some, but I've only heard this technique discussed in a purely theoretical sense.