- From: Malcolm Rowe <malcolm-what@farside.org.uk>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:47:03 +0100
Jim Ley writes: >> Banks require this of UAs anyway. IE and Mozilla implemented this years >> ago. WF2 is just documenting implemented behaviour. > Banks DO NOT require this, as I explained it's trivial to override in > all existing UA's with a MUST restriction it would become impossible > to override. I assure you that banks *DO* require this, to the extent that they actively block clients that don't support it, but otherwise allow the user to remember usernames/passwords. Admittedly, that list is essentially 'old versions of Mozilla', but the only reason it's not 'all versions of Mozilla' is support for that attribute. And while there *is* a hidden pref in Mozilla to get it to ignore that attribute (IIRC), it's hardly 'trivial' to override. What's more, if we started publicising that pref heavily, I strongly suspect that banks would 'de-support' Mozilla until such time as the pref was removed. See bugzilla for examples. Financial institutions really really DO require this of clients; stating it as anything other than a MUST requirement would be pointless (although I'm happy for Mozilla to continue to be non-compliant in this area of the spec). Regards, Malcolm
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