>> In this case, timely is most about user perception. If the now dysfunctional >> address remains in use long enough for the user to become annoyed (or >> arguably >> even notice), then recovery is not timely. Since the definition of timely in >> this case is actually subjective, I’m not sure that such clarification is >> practical or useful. > > I agree. But if timliness has no really solid definition, why does the > text firmly assert that certain particular values, without qualificaton, > are not timely?
One can be quite certain that a user will not wait for 3 days for a web page to load without being certain whether the user will wait 30 seconds, 1 minute, 3 minutes, or even 1 hour. It’s very easy to call 3 days untimely in such a case. It is very hard to draw a clear line among the lower values. Owen _______________________________________________ Gen-art mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/gen-art
