Re: a positive "no thanks" to cookies?

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