Re: Help need viewfinder hacks for compact LCD screens

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 15:20:53 GMT, "David J Taylor"
<david-taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bill Funk wrote:
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Why would I need a cookie to shop? I would think that a vendor should
make it as easy as possible to spend money there.

Basically, because HTTP is a stateless protocol, and the Web site needs a
way of remembering your session (who you are) from one page to the next -
e.g. from product purchase, to shopping basket, to payment. Cookies are
ideal for such a function.

David

They can do that in a far less intrusive manner by simply asking
*buyers* to set up an account.
There is, IMO, no reason to ask those who want to look at the site to,
in effect, set up an account. Windowshopping shouldn't need an account
(which is, in effect, what using a cookie does).

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Bill Funk
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