- From: Nir Dagan <nir@nirdagan.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:44:20 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
The User agents guidelines http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-UAAG10-20000128/ Do not refer to issue of displaying the content of the entity body that a server attach to a response with a 4xx or 5xx status codes. This has been discussed in some WAI forums, I think. In RFC 2616 section "10.4 Client Error 4xx" and in "10.5 Server Error 5xx" we find: "User agents SHOULD display any included entity to the user." This may be mentioned in both: Guideline 2. Ensure user access to all content guideline 8. orient the user. There are current implementations, notably IE and Opera, whose default setup is in contradiction the HTTP spec in this regard. This may cause loss of orientation since the server should know best how to solve the problem by providing links, search options, and other advice to the user. Regards, Nir. =================================== Nir Dagan Assistant Professor of Economics Brown University Providence, RI USA http://www.nirdagan.com mailto:nir@nirdagan.com tel:+1-401-863-2145
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