Re: UMP / CORS: Implementor Interest

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:

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> On Apr 21, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Mark S. Miller wrote:
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> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:
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>> I agree that "Anonymous" or "Anon" is more clear as to the purpose than
>> "Uniform".
>
>
> In the same say this email is anonymous. Sure, I say it is from MarkM, but
> my browser doesn't add any identifying info that you can see. Even if I
> included MarkM's PGP signature, by your criteria, it would still be
> anonymous.
>
>
> Your mail client automatically adds identifying info, as do any mail relays
> in the delivery path. If that were not the case, I would think it's fair to
> say the message is sent anonymously based on the envelope being anynymous.
> That's so even if the message contents include a claim or proof of your
> identity.
>

Ok, so a request is non-anonymous if the identifying information is added by
at least:
1) a browser (cookies, etc)
2) a mail client
3) any mail relays in the delivery path.

What other software counts? Why does PGP not count? If the mail client in
question is JavaScript running in a web page sending a uniform message, is
it still non-anonymous?



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>
>> I understand why UMP uses that term but I don't think it will be obvious
>> to authors reading code.
>>
>>
> "XML" is also a misnomer. And "Http" is confusing as well, since these
> requests can (and should) generally be carried over https. At least we agree
> on "Request" ;).
>
>
> I agree, but (a) that ship has sailed; and (b) dropping those from the name
> only in the anonymous/uniform/whatever version would probably be more
> confusing than helpful, at least if the API ends up being roughly similar.
> XMLHttpRequest has brand value, and it's worth building on author awareness
> even if the X and the H are more historical than meaningful at this point.
>

Funny, I don't recall anyone objecting that the proposed JSONRequest should
have been called JSONXmlHttpRequest. I also don't recall anyone suggesting
that Microsoft rename XDomainRequest to XDomainXmlHttpRequest. Surely the
same argument holds for these?


>
> Cheers,
> Maciej
>
>


-- 
    Cheers,
    --MarkM