RE: drop sortby from simplesearch

(Referring to the sortby element):
>(My understanding is that it is
> currently optional, in the sense that the set of sortable 
> properties maybe
> empty.)

That's my understanding too.

> I don't feel strongly about this.  I don't think it does much harm.

I'm glad you don't feel strongly about dropping sortby.
I would much rather keep the sortby element. It is 
effectively optional, and it can add value: While
I agree that it is usually be a better system level
tradeoff to do sorting on the client side, it is
clear to me that many client side programmers do not
want to write a sort, and that many would not do well 
at it.


Alan Babich

Received on Friday, 24 July 1998 15:41:20 UTC