[cap-talk] Webkeys vs. the web

[Sandro Magi]

Yes, my impression from this discussion is that authority bearing URLs 
have to be specially handled by a browser runtime, probably written in 
JS or Flash, which never directly exposes these URLs to the user to 
prevent accidental copying.

Links in the page would either be entirely JS-driven, and would 
designate "safe" root or introduction URLs for copying purposes.

Sandro

Sam Mason wrote:
> 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.
>