On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Roger Mosher wrote:
> Unless someone has a better idea, I am going with it. It surprises me
> that such an procedure should even be in question.
Well, it is a fundamental design philosophy issue, similar to the way HTML
was designed for _content_ markup, not layout markup (pretty much the
exact opposite of how people actually use it).
The browser manufacturers are notorious for f***ing with the standards.
E.g. the cookie standard EXPLICITLY forbids setting cookies that never
expire. Do the browsers work this way? Naaaaaaahhhhh....
HTTP is concerned with getting documents to clients, not telling them what
to do with them.
This is a beautiful idea (although "default action" might have a place in
_content_ markup).
The practical reality, however, has more to do with Sturgeon's Law as
applied to users...
//Mikko
