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I get the sentiment here but considering this is an enhancement to the user experience that IE6/7 users will never know they missed out on either way...

You don't need to backport everything, only the critical stuff.

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It also probably wouldn't be super crazy difficult to use a Flash local storage fallback for them.

Ew

"Ew"? Flash is practically ubiquitous, works reliably and predictably in both modern and legacy browsers, and is used as a fallback for HTML5 by tech giants like Google. No need to let your prejudice get in the way.

No more ew than people being on IE. In my opinion, flash is a viable alternative where modern technologies aren't able to be used, especially if it's a trivial enhancement.

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