- From: Tamir Israel <tisrael@cippic.ca>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:50:13 -0400
- To: rob@blaeu.com
- CC: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>, Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>, Matthias Schunter <mts-std@schunter.org>, "publ >> \"public-tracking@w3.org\"" <public-tracking@w3.org>
Yes, but the sense I'm getting is that the current spec sacrifices a great deal in certainty in ways that can get very simply taken care of by requiring UAs to get a user election. That wouldn't really be overly prescriptive. UAs, plugins, etc., will have a great deal of leeway in how to go about doing this, when, etc. On 6/21/2012 12:45 AM, Rob van Eijk wrote: > Because an overly prescriptive objective will not leave room for other > ways to accomplish the same. > In order to have a meaningful global DNT standard, it is important to > have technical building blocks built in. > > On 20-6-2012 20:34, Tamir Israel wrote: >> If the WG's objective is to ensure user preferences are expressed, >> why don't we simply make this a MUST? >> >> On 6/20/2012 10:15 PM, Rob van Eijk wrote: >>> Tnx Roy, >>> >>> <PROPOSED CHANGE> >>> Normative: "... users MAY be given a choice during installation, >>> update or first startup." >>> >>> Non-normative: >>> There are use cases, where a choice given on first startup would be >>> the preferred choice mechanism. >>> For example, >>> - a device can have multiple user profiles per installation; >>> - in cases where browsers are not installed by the user. >>> </PROPOSED CHANGE> >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> On 20-6-2012 18:22, Roy T. Fielding wrote: >>>> On Jun 20, 2012, at 5:31 PM, Rob van Eijk wrote: >>>> >>>>> <PROPOSED CHANGE> >>>>> "... users may be given a choice during installation, update or >>>>> first startup." >>>>> </PROPOSED CHANGE> >>>> Not during installation or update -- only during first use. >>>> The preference should be stored in the user's browser config (along >>>> with their other personal preferences); a device might want >>>> to have multiple such user profiles per installation. >>>> >>>> In normal enterprise environments and the vast majority of purchased >>>> computers, browsers are not installed by the user. They are installed >>>> by sysadmins, vendors, etc. Likewise, updates should not modify >>>> user preferences. >>>> >>>> ....Roy >>>> >>>> >>> >>
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