17 Sep
2004
17 Sep
'04
12:24 a.m.
Gordon...
<<Snipping out a long, yet thoughtful piece on cookies and browsers>>
A good post, only two comments....
>> It's not a fantastic way of doing it, but
>> it's the "least worst" in the absence of properly stateful
>> connections.
I disagree with the use of "properly" in the above. There are many
advantages to a stateless sitution [e.g. scability and state management].
IMHO one of the serious problems out there are sites that impose state when
none is really required.
>> You may also wish to try a browser like
>> Firefox, which lets you allow or deny cookies on a
>> site-by-site basis.
Without getting into the whole "browser discussion", IE 6.0 also allows
cookie selection on a site by site basis. Perchance not as completely as
FireFox (or others) but a vast improvement over previous versions.
David