On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Eric Shulman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd really like to know why you are so adamantly opposed to cookies... >
At the risk of repeating myself, here goes.. Imagine this: A user downloads a TW puts it's on their thumb drive configures it to their preference, lets say he switches on backups, autosave, and switches off animation, sets a backup directory and a few other things. He feels satisfied that his TW is setup just how he likes it. Then... a) His browser is configured to clear cookies on shutdown. The next day he opens up his TW and all his config is lost... b) He uses the TW on another computer. ... All config is lost... c) He opens in another browser on the same computer... All config is lost... Now the user is: * perplexed * confused * reentering their preferences. (perhaps again and again if they are slow to catch on the 'eccentricities' of the TW configuration system. * annoyed * swearing * in danger of losing data since he might not realise that backups are switched off.. And so on. That's why. Now let me preempt the standard rebuttal.. "But what about two different users of the same TW? One of them likes animations on and one likes animations off? That's why the config should be stored in cookies..." (I was going to go on but I got other things to do...) Look I know that cookies make sense for some things. But lets make sure the baby is okay before we start working on the bathwater. Or something like that.. (The baby is not having your TW preferences disappear. And the hammer is my..... never mind.. [1] ;). Best wishes, Simon. [1] Dr Horrible joke... -- [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
