Jean-Michel Hiver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Why is a user "hacking" their URLs? > > I can answer that. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990321.html > > <cite> > * a domain name that is easy to remember and easy to spell > * short URLs > * easy-to-type URLs > * URLs that visualize the site structure > * URLs that are "hackable" to allow users to move to higher levels of > the information architecture by hacking off the end of the URL > * persistent URLs that don't change > </cite>
I generly agree with alertbox, and I agree in this instance. > i.e. http://bigmegamarket.com/grocery/fruits/bananas/ is cool, > http://bigmegamarket.com/index.pl?id=231223412&sid=56765454151 is not. Both true. However, if the structure were http://bigmegamarket.com/index.pl/56765454151/grocery/fruits/bananas, say, with the number being the session ID, the URL then is hackable within that (good) definition. > Again it doesn't always make implementation easy :-/ True enough; and my proposal is a bit harder to implement. I'm a big fan of cookies myself, for the thing they were made for, namely session tracking. I share your frustration :-(. -- David Dyer-Bennet, [EMAIL PROTECTED] / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info
