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Re: Last Call: <draft-nottingham-safe-hint-05.txt> (The "safe" HTTP Preference) to Proposed Standard

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Thu, 23 October 2014 19:32 UTC

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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-nottingham-safe-hint-05.txt> (The "safe" HTTP Preference) to Proposed Standard
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>>   This specification defines a "safe" preference for HTTP requests,
>>   expressing a desire to avoid "objectionable" content.
>
>I have read this draft and support its adoption.
>
>It describes a very simple http option that is already adopted by
>several widely used browsers and several popular web sites.  It would
>be nice to document it on the standards track so other browsers and
>web sites that implement it (which they will) do so in a compatible way.

It's probably worth mentioning that among the virtues of this draft
is that it is specifies a single bit with no provision to extend it.

R's,
John

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