[Implementation report] Re: Proposal to reconsider resolution to issue 420

Ian Jacobs wrote:
> 
Ian wrote:
> At the 20 December teleconference [1], we resolved for issue 420 [2]
> not to make any change to checkpoint 8.3 regarding prompting before
> following a fee link. This is a request to reconsider that decision.
> 
[snip]
>  - If feel links are not used widely today, and browsers
>    don't yet implement these features, we should be ahead of
>    the curve and ensure that we require them to do the
>    right thing now. I recognize that we need implementation
>    experience to see whetherexisting plug-ins allow
>    configuration to prompt users before charging them.

Mark Manasse (who is part of the Micropayments Markup Working
Group) informs me that:
  
 "The current MilliCent wallet [3] is settable to require 
  confirmation of all payments."

(I hope to get a URI to online documentation of this feature.)

Thus, there's at least one implementation of a payment system
that illustrates configuration to confirm payments. I will 
continue to seek additional implementation experience 
to bolster the proposed requirement.

 - Ian

[3]  http://www.millicent.com/

> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000OctDec/0430.html
> [2] http://server.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear-lc2.html#420

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Received on Friday, 5 January 2001 02:10:46 UTC