On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Eric Shulman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Cookies are a bad idea for config. > > As I noted in my previous response, cookies definitely have their use... Sure. Cookies are good for some things. They are a bad for config. > > CookieSaver is a kludge to get around this and make TW config a little > more > > bearable. I dream of the day when you can configure a TW in a sane way. > > My understanding of the word "kludge" carries a very negative > connotation... specifically, that of being a seriously flawed design > with badly written code that should be avoided whenever possible. I believe using cookies for config can be accurately described as flawed design. (It's well written code though.. :) You've created a very capable and useful solution/workaround to the flawed design. I call it a kludge because the real solution is to address the flawed design. > > In fact, I feel that CookieSaver's design delivers *exactly* what is > needed: [snipped stuff about how CookieSaver works] > ...a very robust solution that addresses a wide- > range of use cases by employing a well-established syntax that > supports very flexible customization using programmable criteria. > I'm sure it's wonderful but lets make it so TW users don't have to deal with this complicated stuff just to have a sane way to turn on backups or autosave. Simon. -- [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
