Do Chrome extensions have access to local storage?

Question

Is it possible to store data in a way that will be accessible after a browser restart in the context of a chrome extension?

Answer 1

The current chrome version has local storage.

I have used it myself. You can use modernizr to detect whether the browser supports it or not. I have written a solution for a client where I do a fallback to cookie if no local storage exists, but this shouldn't be a problem for extensions.