On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 02:02:27PM +1200, David McNab wrote:
> Have a closer look at FreeWeb.
> It may not have been noticed that it's easy to use FreeWeb in a way which
> complies completely with the existing standards - this was true even in the
> first prototype.

I have looked closely at FreeWeb - and agree with you that it is a
really nice way to create Freesites, indeed I think that FWProxy is very
impressive particularly its security features. Please don't misinterpret
my criticism of one specific aspect of FreeWeb as a criticism of the
software as a whole, I really think it is great.  

It is because of this that I am arguing so strongly to get rid of a
relatively minor feature that, while users aren't forced to use it,
could encourage some users to distribute FWProxy-specific URLs which
won't work anywhere else without either manual modification of the URL,
or installation of your plugin.  I can't wait to link to FreeWeb on the
Freenet homepage to encourage people to create freesites, but I don't
feel I can do this while the fear remains that the freenet userbase

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