- From: M. Hedlund <hedlund@best.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 15:41:28 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
- Cc: hallam@w3.org, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Simon Spero wrote: > Disk space is about 1,000 times cheaper than flash ram, and gets cheaper > the more you buy it. When you can store 1K of date for a million users > for a hundred dollars or so, it's much better to keep the data on the > server. Okay, so we should throw out the cookie draft? I'm not saying your point of view is ridiculous, I'm just saying that there are cases in which clientside data is desirable. > If the server needs the data for correct operation, they should look > after it, unless the client volunteers to keep it of its own volition. I didn't say the server _needed_ the data for correct operation. What I said was the user will expect that preferences they set will be saved. Allowing a low threshhold for discarding cookies goes against least surprise. (Again, I'd rather have _no_ automatic discards for cookies the user has decided to keep.) Marc Hedlund <marc@organic.com> <hedlund@best.com>
Received on Sunday, 21 April 1996 15:44:31 UTC