Re: [wpkops] Taxonomy of Browser Behaviors - "Hard Fail", "Soft Fail" and "Reload Request"
Rob Stradling <rob.stradling@comodo.com> Wed, 30 April 2014 14:58 UTC
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Subject: Re: [wpkops] Taxonomy of Browser Behaviors - "Hard Fail", "Soft Fail" and "Reload Request"
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On 30/04/14 15:43, Yngve N. Pettersen wrote: <snip> > IOW, the four levels and actions are: > > No detected problem: Continue, no indications to the user necessary > Low level problem: Continue, visual problem indications optional, aka > "soft fail" > Serious problem: Stop connection, ask the user whether to continue > Critical problem: Close connection, don't allow the user to continue, > aka "hard fail" FWIW, I tend to label these four levels as... No Fail Soft Fail Hard Fail Block Fail But it's clear to me from this thread that my labels are too vague. ;-) -- Rob Stradling Senior Research & Development Scientist COMODO - Creating Trust Online
- [wpkops] Taxonomy of Browser Behaviors - "Hard Fa… Ben Wilson
- Re: [wpkops] Taxonomy of Browser Behaviors - "Har… Wayne Thayer
- Re: [wpkops] Taxonomy of Browser Behaviors - "Har… Gervase Markham
- Re: [wpkops] Taxonomy of Browser Behaviors - "Har… Michael Jenkins
- Re: [wpkops] Taxonomy of Browser Behaviors - "Har… Yngve N. Pettersen
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