- From: Olav Junker Kjær <olav@olav.dk>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 22:28:56 +0200
James Graham wrote: > That seems to be based on the belief that all things which look like > links must correspond to idempotent actions. I don't think this is true > and, in general, think that trying to couple the user interface to the > underlying protocol is a bad idea. No, its a great idea! ;-) Most users dont know anything about POST or GET, but I believe its a common expectation that you can always safely click links (and then press back to return), while you should think twice about pressing a form button, since it might indicate that you agree to something or wants to buy something or subscribe to a mailinglist or whatever. I think this coupling between protocol and UI is one of the great ideas of the web. So a link which performs a unsafe action is not just wrong according to HTTP, its also bad UI. regards Olav Junker Kj?r
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