Down-scoping / narrowing of ISSUE-187: Right approach to exceptions

Hi Jonathan,


while composing the agenda for today, I have realised that your concern 
of an insufficient user experience
for agreeing to exception (the race to the bottom) is somewhat 
independent of ISSUE-187:

- In the "old" approach to exceptions, we need some guidance to prevent 
that some BROWSERS
   store exceptions without asking the user
- In the "new" approach to exceptions, we need some guidance to prevent 
that some SITES
   store exceptions without asking the user

I see this as a valid concern for both approaches to exceptions (and 
similarly also for the initial gathering of preferences).

As a consequence, I suggest the following way forward:
- We create a new ISSUE on  "Rules for sufficient user interaction to 
ensure that a user actually agrees with an exception" (or a similar wording)
   and include this as OPEN in the database and the current TPE draft
- I will try to close ISSUE 187 while stating that this new issue needs 
resolving (but that we overall try to work
   towards the new approach to exceptions).

I hope that this addresses your concern of a "race to the bottom" while 
still giving the group a stable path for the exception framework.

Would this work? If yes, I will send a mail to the announce list to 
formally implement this down-scoping of ISSUE-187.


Regards,
matthias

Received on Wednesday, 10 April 2013 07:19:27 UTC