Saving cameras privately in your browser

Save from the catalogue

A camera shortlist is useful when several views answer different questions. Open Cameras and select Save beneath a camera card, or use the same control on its camera page. The button changes to Saved so the choice is visible. Select it again when you no longer want that view in the list.

The control keeps a list of camera identifiers in browser storage. It does not create an account, bookmark the provider’s image or guarantee that the media will remain available. A saved camera is a shortcut back to its page; the page still depends on the source configuration and browser connection when you return.

You might keep Kensington High Street for one part of town, Earl’s Court Road for another, and Albert Bridge for a bridge view. The names help you remember the selection; the frames remain separate views with separate limits.

Return to your shortlist

Choose Saved views in the camera explorer to open the saved page. The same browser profile can read the identifiers again while its local storage remains available. Another browser, another profile or another device has a different storage area, so it will not automatically inherit the list.

localStorage is a web storage area associated with a site origin. It is separate from a server account and is not a synchronised cloud collection. The MDN localStorage reference describes its persistence and origin scope. Browser settings, privacy modes or storage restrictions can affect whether it is available.

The saved list contains identifiers, not a history of your viewing. This article’s explanation does not read or change your browser’s storage. The site’s save controls perform their own action when you select them; your choices are not sent to a server as an account list.

Because the list is local, clearing site data or changing browser profiles can make it unavailable. That is a useful privacy boundary and a limit on convenience. If you rely on a saved camera for a visit, keep its name in another note you control rather than assuming a browser shortlist will transfer with you.

Remove one camera or clear the list

To remove a single choice, select Saved beside that camera. The label changes back to Save, and that camera no longer appears in the shortlist. This is the clearest way to tidy one item without disturbing the others.

Clearing the site’s browser data is a broader browser-settings action. It can remove the list for this site along with other site-specific data, so it is rarely necessary just to remove one camera. If the browser reports that storage is unavailable, the site can keep a choice only for the current page and tell you it will not persist after leaving or refreshing.

The browser specification defines storage operations and their interaction with origin policy. It does not mean every device grants the same storage behaviour. See the WHATWG Web Storage specification for the underlying model, and the browser’s own help for controls you intend to change.

Shared and private browser profiles

Local does not always mean private from the person beside you. Anyone using the same unlocked browser profile can open its saved camera page. On a shared machine, avoid keeping a shortlist you would not want the next user to see.

Private browsing commonly treats site data as temporary, and some browser settings can block storage. Exact behaviour belongs to the browser. Do not rely on a private window to preserve a list, and do not assume that deleting one saved camera requires clearing all browsing data. MDN’s sessionStorage reference also describes a separate per-tab storage model; it is not the persistent shortlist described here.

If saves are unavailable, keep the camera name in a note you control or return to the catalogue when needed. A useful feature should be easy to understand even when the browser cannot retain it.

If you are deciding whether to use a shared device, consider who can unlock that profile and who will use it afterwards. The site does not require a sign-in for saves, so there is no personal account boundary between users of the same profile. Removing the saved entries before leaving is clearer than expecting a private window to behave identically on every browser.