- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:48:16 +0100
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- CC: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
Boris Zbarsky wrote: > Julian Reschke wrote: >> My experience is that most people do understand the difference between >> a link and a button. > > Really? Given the number of links out there that perform non-idempotent > and unsafe actions, and the number of buttons that perform idempotent > and safe actions, I'd be quite surprised by that. I don't see anything in Amazon, for instance, being a link but unsafe. I do see lots of buttons that may initiate something safe, but links being safe is the thing which is important, not buttons being unsafe. > People do understand the difference between a "search" link or button > and a "buy this" link or button. But that's a matter of context, not of > mechanism. I agree that typical users understand context. They don't > understand mechanism, nor should they need to. > >> Also, the fact that it's possible to *obscure* that > > Not only possible, but commonly done. And not even on purpose. How can it be not on purpose. It's not trivial to hide a POST behind a text link. Let's educate web designers not to do that. >> isn't a good argument in favor of adding more stuff like this. > > More stuff like what? More stuff that enables web pages to initiate a POST when it looks like simple link navigation. BR, Julian
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