Re: [dev] [surf] next release

[2009-10-22 18:15] Tadeusz =?utf-8?B?U2/Fm25pZXJ6?= <tadzikes_AT_gmail.com>
> On 22-10-2009 09:09:25, Charlie Kester wrote:
> > On Thu 22 Oct 2009 at 05:20:44 PDT Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> > >
> > >what consitutes a "session" ? it's something that is maintained
> > >serverside and the only way to "stay in it" is usually one or more of:
> > >- keeping and sending cookie data
> > >- keeping the same ip (and maybe user agent)
> > >- requesting the urls they tell you to
> > >
> > >afaik both curl and wget can use existing cookie storages on your hard
> > >disk (and can use the useragent you tell them to), so don't really see
> > >the problem.
> >
> > It seems to me that the problems being discussed in this subthread arise
> > because the "browser" combines two very distinct concerns:
> >
> > - managing the http traffic to and from the website, which includes the
> > administrative details pertaining to the session
> >
> > - rendering the documents obtained from the website
> >
> > Perhaps we should be thinking about separating them?
>
> Then we will end up with some shit like uzbl - the browser which cannot
> browse the web.

You should know, it's not uzbl's fault, so don't blame it!

meillo

P.S.
Usually it's simple: If it can't be done right, one should think about
not using it at all. ... /me thinks about it.
Received on Thu Oct 22 2009 - 17:14:19 UTC