- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:48:17 +0000
- To: "ietf-http-wg@w3.org Group" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
After being in hotels for a few weeks, I'm starting to wonder whether a new 2xx HTTP status code could be defined whose semantic is "This isn't what you asked for, but here's some information about how to get network access so you can eventually get it." 2xx so that browsers will display it. AFAICT, they do; or at least, Safari and Firefox do (see <http://www.mnot.net/test/222.asis>). IE? 4xx might be more appropriate, but I despair of "friendly" error messages. (thought they could be padded, I suppose). A new status code so that feed aggregators, automated clients, etc. can differentiate what they asked for from your hotel / conference centre / etc. asking for cash in order to get network access, and not get horribly messed up as a result. It would also be useful in those cases where you get redirected somewhere to login and get a cookie for authentication; e.g., Yahoo!, Google, Amazon, etc. Same situation, but slightly different use case. Thoughts? -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
Received on Thursday, 15 March 2007 13:49:23 UTC