Re: Easy400 Web site

["Nathan M. Andelin" <nathanma@xxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "James W. Kilgore" <eMail@James-W-Kilgore.com>

> Yes, Cookie Crusher, within Netscape, issues a popup window
> telling you that a cookie is about to be set (your Netscape properties
> is set to always allow cookies) and you can click OK, No, Always
> (if you trust them) or Never.  From that point on, it suppresses any
> further popups for the Always/Never  categories.

Cookies may not be needed for static sites, but they are the easiest way for
a Web application to track user state from one request to the next.  It's
too bad that some advertisers have used them to invade personal privacy.

A Cookie can be created and downloaded at an application entry point.  From
that point and forward, the browser returns the cookie on subsequent
requests.  I assign a unique session ID as the sole cookie value which is
subsequently used to reference data required by the application.  It's quite
a bit easier than adding query-string parameters to embedded URL hyperlinks
in every response to the browser.

> There is another element in the mix.  I'm also using Web
> Washer that acts as a proxy server and filters out banner
> ads and other stuff.

Seems that the more 3rd party components you add to a PC, the less stable it
gets.

Thanks,

Nathan.


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