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[Oren Beck]

On 1/8/07, Oren Beck <orenbeck at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ok- we have a few opinions favoring simplicity.
> Here's my next re-imagination of what could be.
>
> The "page" currently can probe for some details of what's looking at it.
> YES, that's an oversimplified explanation but for this concept it works.
> So- as is already done by some sites- the "version" of what you see
> is selected for your device or connection or both. But can we go a bit
> farther?
> As in an agreed upon default backchannel in the browser to tell sites
>
> "Show me <Blank> and do not ask me <blank> that GETS HONORED.
>
> The reward is:Sites honoring such a scheme will get customers
> pre-selected for parts of the site's content and not annoy customers
> with unwanted non revenue content
>  Which to me is that flood of "Plug-in" demands and the constant
>  begging us to update our <Blank> "To fully enjoy this site"
> Or the more grim- it simply won't play at all with non-genuine MS.
> Believe and puke- there are plans afoot to tie WGA to browser access!
> .
> And sadly we still have to code OUR sites to play nice with windows.
> Now the inversion of course is sites hostile to non-explorer browsers.
>
> I put it like this- while one has a "right" to make sites allow or forbid
> certain browsers in personal work- "Public" sites  such as government
> or educational do NOT have a "right" to block handicapped or nonMS users.
>
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