[cap-talk] Firefox breaks the principle of identifiability

[Tyler Close]

On Feb 7, 2005, at 7:41 PM, Norman Hardy wrote:

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> On Feb 7, 2005, at 4:50 PM, Tyler Close wrote:
> ....
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>> See:
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>> http://www.waterken.com/dev/YURL/Name/
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> The only way I go to my bank's page is by clicking on a link
> in a page on my machine. Its sort of like a pet name.

Yes, it is similar, but obviously less flexible.

> I wish it were a YURL.

:) So do I.

> That is the only site with which I exchange important data.
> Most people have at most a very few important links.

Creating a WWW in which it is unsafe to follow hyperlinks is a 
considerable design failure. In my opinion, such a system is no longer 
deserving of the term "web". I am trying to design a WWW in which 
following hyperlinks is safe.

Tyler

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