- From: Shel Kaphan <sjk@amazon.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 17:06:21 -0700 (PDT)
- To: hedlund@best.com
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
hedlund@best.com writes: > > On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Shel Kaphan wrote: > > Fact: some people hate cookies. They keep telling their browsers not to > > accept them. > [...] > > Then, if a user told a browser not to accept a cookie, the browser > > could include a header line on subsequent requests whose meaning would > > be something like "Hey! Remember that cookie you tried to send me? > > Well, don't!" > > Are repeated pop-up warnings a protocol problem? Seems to me they're a UI > problem, not a protocol problem. The browser _could_ (though indications > are the browser companies don't see the value in this) provide a better > set of cookie-rejection options to, for instance, avoid bugging the user > with repeated pop-ups. > > <hedlund@best.com> > Point taken. Furthermore, if the browser people are not up to the task you suggest, chances are they will not be up to the task I suggested either! --Shel
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