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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:53:59 +0000
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Subject: Re: New archives for testing
From: Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>,
	PostgreSQL WWW <pgsql-www@postgresql.org>
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On Sunday, December 30, 2012, Tom Lane wrote:

> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net <javascript:;>> writes:
> > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >> The prompt isn't shown on all browsers, so we should stick it on the
> >> website somewhere too.
>
> > Ugh, that's annoying.
>
> > Do you think we can get away without putting it next to every single
> > link? Because I'm not sure how we can do that without making it look
> > like crap. But if we don't, are people likely to ever read it?
>
> How big a problem is this?  When I checked, both Safari and Firefox
> showed the prompt.  If there are just a few little-used browsers that
> fail to show it, I'm not convinced that we have to clutter the pages
> for everybody to cater to them.  I can think of more than a few other
> sites where that prompt is pretty damn essential for usability, so
> I would argue that a browser that doesn't show it is broken anyhow.
>

I don't think it was originally intended as a prompt (it's the security
realm actually), but most browsers showed it anyway and it's been (ab)used
that way for years. FYI, the browser I saw not displaying it was Safari on
iOS, so most definitely not 'little used'.


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<br><br>On Sunday, December 30, 2012, Tom Lane  wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">Magnus Hagander &lt;<a href=3D"javascript:;" onclick=3D"_e(ev=
ent, &#39;cvml&#39;, &#39;magnus@hagander.net&#39;)">magnus@hagander.net</a=
>&gt; writes:<br>

&gt; On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Dave Page &lt;<a href=3D"javascript:;=
" onclick=3D"_e(event, &#39;cvml&#39;, &#39;dpage@pgadmin.org&#39;)">dpage@=
pgadmin.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; The prompt isn&#39;t shown on all browsers, so we should stick it =
on the<br>
&gt;&gt; website somewhere too.<br>
<br>
&gt; Ugh, that&#39;s annoying.<br>
<br>
&gt; Do you think we can get away without putting it next to every single<b=
r>
&gt; link? Because I&#39;m not sure how we can do that without making it lo=
ok<br>
&gt; like crap. But if we don&#39;t, are people likely to ever read it?<br>
<br>
How big a problem is this? =C2=A0When I checked, both Safari and Firefox<br=
>
showed the prompt. =C2=A0If there are just a few little-used browsers that<=
br>
fail to show it, I&#39;m not convinced that we have to clutter the pages<br=
>
for everybody to cater to them. =C2=A0I can think of more than a few other<=
br>
sites where that prompt is pretty damn essential for usability, so<br>
I would argue that a browser that doesn&#39;t show it is broken anyhow.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don&#39;t think it was originally intend=
ed as a prompt (it&#39;s the security realm actually)<span></span>, but mos=
t browsers showed it anyway and it&#39;s been (ab)used that way for years. =
FYI, the browser I saw not displaying it was Safari on iOS, so most definit=
ely not &#39;little used&#39;.</div>
<br><br>-- <br>Dave Page<br>Blog: <a href=3D"http://pgsnake.blogspot.com" t=
arget=3D"_blank">http://pgsnake.blogspot.com</a><br>Twitter: @pgsnake<br><b=
r>EnterpriseDB UK: <a href=3D"http://www.enterprisedb.com" target=3D"_blank=
">http://www.enterprisedb.com</a><br>
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company<br><br>

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