Re: Help need viewfinder hacks for compact LCD screens

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:23:06 -0700, Bill Funk wrote:

I find that setting up accounts is more intrusive than accepting
the occasional cookie. If your browser doesn't offer good cookie
control (one of mine lets me override some of the stupider cookies,
such as "delete after 20 years" to "delete at end of session") there
are free and commercial programs that will add that functionality.

I think that an account, *if I buy*, is fine, and a cookie isn't
needed just to look.
Why should I need a cookie if I'm only looking? The vast majority of
sites that sell don't need them; why does this site?
Why should I need to traqck cookies that aren't needed? Why would a
site hide their wares just because I don't want a cookie?

That's not the point. At least it wasn't mine. I agree that a
cookie shouldn't be needed just to look, but if you want to look and
cookies are unavoidable you have a choice. Forego what you wanted
to see or deal with the cookies. And they're easily dealt with.

I can't answer why any particular site uses cookies. Some sites
may not be "hiding" their wares intentionally. Setting up websites
is somewhat like programming, and it can take a lot of time and many
iterations for less experienced web designers to get it right. Some
might even eventually notice that cookies are required in places
where they shouldn't be, but don't have the skill to make the
necessary changes because they hired someone to do the original job
and don't think that paying more money to fix what really "ain't
broke" wouldn't be justified.

.

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