Saving files on a user?s comp uter with browser ("re-post")

[Bragi Baldursson]

Thank you....

I have decided to go ahead and write a small little GUI using FOX when
I get the time....

Bragi

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at home.com> wrote in message news:<hr0_7.359205$5A3.136410554 at news1.rdc2.pa.home.com>...
> "Alex Martelli" <aleax at aleax.it> wrote in message
> news:QTZZ7.4184$2R2.149363 at news1.tin.it...
> > No, it's not highly likely, because most users detest having to type
> > userids and passwords to a zillion different websites whenever they
>  surf.
> > That's what cookies are most often used for: keep user information
>  (e.g.
> > for identification and authentication) so users won't need to retype
>  it a
> > zilllion times.
> 
> Alex, you are one of my favorite posters but this is shear fantasy.
> Set your browser to accept all cookies but ask permission for each one
> and try a few commercial sites.  In my experience, such legitimate use
> of cookies as you describe is about 1% and the other 99% is (abusive)
> tracking of negative net value to the user.  I'm pretty sure that such
> abuse of the technology is one of the things that damped the web and
> .com boom.
> 
> Terry J. Reedy