- From: Wilfredo Sánchez Vega <wsanchez@wsanchez.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 13:04:59 -0800
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: webdav WG <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
On Dec 24, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: >> Only an engineer would think that a generic client is an >> acceptable UI for browsing structured data, even if it is XML "text". >> Lisa and some others in CalDAV think it's useful to have >> meaningful resource names in CalDAV because then you can browse it >> with Firefox or mount it in Finder, as if my Mom wants to crack >> open an iCalendar resource and read it for fun. That's OK for >> developers, but it's _really_ bad UI. Never mind localization >> issues and the like. > > It may be bad UI, but that doesn't change the fact that meaningful > (stable) URLs are a good thing... Right, but "<UID>.ics" gives you stable URLs. The ability to call CalDAV resources "My Birthday.ics" is what I was calling a misfeature, well-intentioned as it may be. -wsv
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