Re: Submitting as POST. Why?

On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 13:59 +0100, Stut wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 11:10 +0100, Stut wrote: > >> These implied "rules" have existed since HTTP was invented, and when you > >> think about it they make a lot of sense. They also get emphasized by the > >> existance of so-called web accelerators that simply pre-fetch URLs on > >> the page the user is viewing. If you have simple links (i.e. get > >> requests) that make changes to your websites data or state, the > >> accelerator will seriously screw it up. > > > > "Accelerator" *lol*. This is a terrible waste of bandwidth. So the > > "accelerator" downloads 50 pages linking from the first page you hit and > > after spending 5 minutes reading the first page you decide not to visit > > any of the other links. Fast for the user maybe, but if everyone used > > this, it would be slower overall since the net would be plugged with 90% > > pointless requests. > > Indeed, I never said they were a good thing, just that we need to be > aware that they exist and how they work. Yep, wasn't pointing any fingies at you, was just a comment following your post for the greater audience :) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'