- From: David Ornstein <davido@apocalypse.org>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 12:19:59 -0800
- To: www-talk@w3.org
- Cc: "Gregory J. Woodhouse" <gjw@best.com>, BearHeart / Bill Weinman <bearheart@bearnet.com>
At 12:08 PM 1/27/96 -0800, you wrote: >Switching gears a bit, I would agree that content negotiation will work >properly when I am able to configure my browser to request any version >available on the server. If I want frames (or tables, or push/pull, etc.) >then I should be able to specify as much via my configuration. The >problem is that [person configuring] the server is now in control of who >receives which version, and that is backwards. I agree that users need to have a choice. Obviously there are better solutions that what we have today. I certainly think it's bad to not give users a choice, but remember that many (some?) site *do* give this choice to users: either by the infamous "Click here for Netscape-enhanced pages" links or by a more sophisticated set oif user configurable preferences [1]. David [1] Outbreak http://www.objarts.com/outbreak-unreg is an authentication-based system which records user preferences regarding what pages they'd like to see. ----------------------------------------------------- David Ornstein Outbreak: http://objarts.com/outbreak-unreg BrowserCaps: http://objarts.com/bc Personal Info: http://objarts.com/davido
Received on Saturday, 27 January 1996 15:20:06 UTC