dolphinling wrote:
Ian Hickson wrote:
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, dolphinling wrote:
Like I said before, I like the semantics of ping=. But it doesn't fit
into the usage model that advertisers and other trackers want.
Semantically, I want notification and linking to be separate. In
usage, they want them to be linked. They seem to me to be mutually
exclusive.
In my experience, "they" are ok with it being separate, as it conveys
a number of benefits to the user. (I would consider my source on this
matter reasonably authoritative.)
Hmm... perhaps your source could explain his reasoning here? :) It's
extremely easy to make non-circumventable tracking, and I assumed that
most times it _was_ circumventable were due to ignorance rather than an
informed decision. To me, it seems, the benefits to an advertising
company of doing so outweigh the benefits of not.
I'd still like to hear this reasoning for this :)
(Noticed that this just got implemented in mozilla, which is what
brought it to mind).
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