- From: Walter van Holst <walter.van.holst@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:27:38 +0100
- To: public-tracking@w3.org
On 11/13/12 1:05 AM, David Singer wrote: > On your second question, my *advice* would be for software to obey > the signal while you complain like hell about the mis-behaving agent. > That is, you behave better than the other end in terms of the > interaction, but fix it up by getting the software fixed, if > possible. I'd be anxious about throwing out the valid with the > invalid, for example. I also see the DNT signal as a way to avoid > the deadly downward spirals we sometimes see on the 'net, where we > see measure/counter-measure spirals downward. But this is general > advice -- like being in a group, that the only way I know to maintain > civility is if everyone feels they are being nicer to other people > than people are being to them. :-) I realize that lots of questions > arise -- for how long? how nice do I need to be? do I have a way to > communicate my unhappiness with their non-compliance? will they ever > fix it? and so on… I would very much be in favour to have this principle included in the standard, even if it is just non-normative text. Regards, Walter
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