[cap-talk] Webkeys vs. the web

[Sam Mason]

On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 03:11:06PM +0000, Karp, Alan H wrote:
> Ihab wrote:
> > Thus any URLs that *do*, by themselves, convey authority must not be
> > displayed in a browser's address bar.
> 
> Or even in the page source.  People can and do Copy Link.

I'm unsure what you mean here; do you mean that authority conveying
links should not appear in the HTML source even if they're in, say, a
hidden field that only gets revealed after the user clicks on a "Copy
this Link".  I'd say it's OK for this to occur; but it's not good if
a link can be copied and pasted without some designating action being
performed first.

There are two general purpose designating actions that spring to mind;

1) the user clicking a "Copy this Link" button.

2) the user selecting "View Source" from the menu button to show the
   HTML source.

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  Sam  http://samason.me.uk/