- From: Williams, Stuart (HP Labs, Bristol) <skw@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:59:43 +0000
- To: "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>
- CC: "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>
Hello David, > Considering that script can already do lots of things when a > user clicks a link (including send pings), having such user > interface already requires solving the halting problem. > While some implementations may want to provide additional > user interface, I don't think the TAG has the necessary > experience in user-interface design. FWIW, I think that the TAG's principal concern is about the proper use of 'safe' HTTP methods for this type of monitoring/tracking activities rather than UI design per se. A concern that a Web User may unwittingly cause a hidden PUT/POST/DEL operation with unintended consequences on their part - and that such unintended consequences could be put to malicious either to the detriment of the user or to the detriment of a web site maliciously targeted by a 'ping' (modulo same origin policy). The role of a UI in raising user awareness of the possibility of 'unsafe' operation is clearly a factor as well, but not at the centre of the TAG's focus (AIUI). > -David > > -- > L. David Baron http://dbaron.org/ > Mozilla Corporation http://www.mozilla.com/ BR Stuart Williams -- Hewlett-Packard Limited registered Office: Cain Road, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN Registered No: 690597 England
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