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Re: (BUG or FEATURE) Wget does it better than Curl

From: Eric VERGNAUD <eric.vergnaud_at_jlynx.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:18:42 +0200

le 18/10/04 0:22, Bill Mercer à bmerc_at_nccer.org a écrit :

> Internet Explorer is a terrible example to use, since it often sends
> people off
> to irrelevant nonsense sites if they make a typo when entering their
> URL.
> Unexpected behavior is always bad.

Sorry, but I disagree on this.

>From an end-user's point of view, it could be much more relevant to get on a
wrong page, because than he knows he made a mistake in the url, while if he
gets nowhere, he may feel puzzled. What's wrong ? Url ? Network ? Server
down ?

This, obviously, is not true for all end-users.

Wanting every one to learn, think and act properly is an unreachable dream.

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Received on 2004-10-18