Correct me if I'm wrong, but view source is sort of just a usability shortcut. Since the browser interprets the markup anyway (or rather, since the server responds with markup to an http get request) the source will always be available to the client in principle. I can't imagine that ever changing.
AK On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]>wrote: > > Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:42:35 +0100 > > From: Rob Myers <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [FC-discuss] Anti-Free Culture articles? > > [snip] > > > that the web was "open" from the start (the protocols that Lanier is so > > cirtical of, and the "view source" menu option that Android's browser > > doesn't have, for example), but the rigorous adoption of free software > > [snip] > > > Wait. Hold the phone. No View Source? > > At the risk of hyperbole, I believe that "View source" is the single > technology that enabled the popular web. How else did everyone learn > broke-ass HTML but from reading others' code? (You know it wasn't > FrontPage.) > > In fact, I was nearly giddy 2 days ago when I "view(ed) source" on the > interactive google logo and saw actual javascript code laid out right > in front of me! > > I'll flip a car if View Source goes away. > > K. Driscoll > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >
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