"Gunther" == Gunther Birznieks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Gunther There's a lot of similar FUD about using cookies (not accepted on
Gunther PDAs, people scared of them, etc). Personally, I don't like to program
Gunther using cookies and I have my browser explicitly warn me of the cookie
Gunther
hi,
Seems to me the only reasonable usage for cookies that does not
seem to be abuse.org is as a temporary ticket granting system.. so
the next time you want to get a byte you need a ticket to goto the
smorg..
Best Regards - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "dreamwvr" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Randal L. Schwartz" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: "Gunther Birznieks" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: Javascript - just say no(t required)
"Les" == Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Les I think it is also very reasonable to store user-selected preferences
Les in cookies, especially for things likes sizes, colors, fonts for
Les certain pages. Why should the server side have to store millions
Les of things like that? Even if
your address) if you make
it required for basic services.
And don't forget the corporate firewalls that strip Javascript for
security reasons. And the hundreds of new "net devices" showing up
that understand HTTP and XHTML, but nothing about Javascript.
Javascript. Just say no(t requ
and XHTML, but nothing about Javascript.
Javascript. Just say no(t required).
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