--- Ed W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please show me an example. My point is that REST is irrelevant, it's > just a different encoding for the same kind of interface. However, > unless someone can show me a feature of cookies which makes them in some > way browser window specific, I claim that its not possible to keep per > window state without putting an ID field into the URL (whether it's REST > or some other scheme) > Can anyone confirm otherwise?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer#Claimed_Benefits I know little about REST at this point, but I can see that at a very minimum fully bookmarkable, browser-tab friendly, scriptable REST-style URLs make for a very different browser experience and API model than managing the state of a session cookie. Also reading as a backgrounder: http://bitworking.org/news/141/REST-Tips-Prefer-following-links-over-URI-construction __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel
