- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:06:09 +0200
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- CC: public-webapps@w3.org, Joćo Eiras <joao.eiras@gmail.com>
On 13.08.2010 00:03, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > ... >> For instance, a redirectCount property, default value would be >> something like Infinity (the user agent could then cap the maximum >> amount of redirects), and setting it to 0 would prevent any redirect, >> and setting to something greater than 0 would then limit the redirect >> chain to that number. >> If the last http request was 302 and the redirection prevented, then >> the 302 status code and the last response headers would be returned by >> the XHR obj. > > What is the use case? > ... Some that come to mind quickly: - Depending on the redirect status, you may want to stop accessing the original URI. - Depending on the method, you may want to confirm with the user whether automatically following the redirect is ok. - You may want to display the actual URI somewhere in the UI. Best regards, Julian
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