- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 00:05:21 PDT
- To: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
- Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Yow, now we have to put feature tags in quotes, too?
Look, it was hard enough to push back on
User-Agent: MSIE 4.0, 400x600
User-Agent: MSIE 4.0
to
Accept-Features: "x:screenwidth#600", "x:screenheight#400"
I don't think so.
Maybe we could go back to do/dont/will/wont:
will: this is what I will do. Outside of default
assumptions, don't expect me to do anything that
I didn't say "will" or "do" for.
wont: I won't do this. Even if it is the default to
do it. So don't ask.
do: please do this. But if you don't, I'll cope.
If this is a fact about me, well, please give me something
for recipients like me
dont: please don't do this. I won't like it, but I'll cope.
"accept:" and "accept-charset:" are "will".
"accept-language:" is "do".
Of the features, listed, most are "do", but I think a few
are "will".
do: width#600,height#400
On first principles, I think merging PEP and feature negotiation
is a reasonable thing to consider.
Received on Thursday, 8 May 1997 00:07:27 UTC