On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 12:44:54AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > "binaries" have a HTTP-Referrer tag from a page on which they displayed their
> > > ads, i.e., a regular HTML page. If you have a browser that does not properly
> > > submit HTTP-Referrer's, FreeServers will gawk. Last I checked many versions of
> > > Mozilla have this problem. w3m and lynx at least do not.
> >
> > Thanks for explanation, you can add links to your list of "broken" browsers :(
>
> It isnt a 'broken' browser. Its a correctly implemented browser. Referrer is
> an unacceptably flawed privacy problem. Good tools do not send referrer
> entries.
You are technically correct (?). However, unfourtunately, it is still a
"broken" browser because it does not comply with what has become an industry
standard. The optimal browser will have an option to enable / disable this.
The fact that many sites rely on it worsens the matter, as always. It's like
Linux keeping broken / suboptimal interfaces only because some applications
depend on it :(
Convince my telco to get DSL in here, and that problem will go away in short
order, with nothing more than the added need to click a simple link...
(seriously! please?!?!? Bell Atlantic, Ellicott City, MD, and I am really
spamming the list now aren't I...)
Kenneth
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