On 11/16/2014 10:58 AM, Christian Huitema wrote: > Rather, it's that the mechanism is only offered as a standardized >> way for a browser to request a feature that already exists in a >> number of major sites. > > And that's precisely the problem. > > Sites can easily adapt their services to the needs and desires of > their users. They can do it today using site specific settings. I am > pretty sure that these settings require more than just one bit, "pretty sure"? This implies that you haven't been tracking the discussion of this topic so far. > so we > have to assume that sites will still need these settings tomorrow ... > By creating a standard, we would be creating a social norm. It's a shame that you ignored the rest of my message, which joined in noting the much-referenced fact about established practice for this feature, and that you chose, instead, to launch into detached theory and surmise, which has little to do with the current topic. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net