One word: cookies. Use Firebug in Firefox and you will notice that the cookie that store.apple.com sets is different on certain pages.
> > Hi, > > Does anyone know (or care to guess) what Apple (and other companies) use for > lightweight "stateful" Web pages before they get into full blow WO sessions? > > For example, on the Apple store, one can do a lot of things and the pages can > remember a lot of things (e.g. shopping cart) before we seem to even see WO. > > Even when one starts to checkout there doesn't seem to be a WO app in action > but perhaps I am missing something? I am sure there is a lot of AJAX > involved so it could be just WO server-side. > > The root of my question is that I am trying to understand what is a good > solution for those pages that don't need much state, when perhaps a full WO > session would not be appropriate? > > I am aware of DirectActions etc. > > Thanks, > Ashley. > > PS Sorry if any of my terminology is incorrect ... > > -- > Ashley Aitken > Perth, Western Australia > mrhatken at mac dot com > Skype Name: MrHatken (GMT + 8 Hours!) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/probert%40macti.ca > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
