The paranoid user

[Gareth Rees]

Section 6.12.2.1 "Hyperlink auditing" says:
> However, the ping attribute ... allows the paranoid user to disable  
> the notifications without losing the underlying link functionality.
>


The use of the word "paranoid" suggests that such a user's concerns  
about sending ping notifications are delusional: that is, in practice  
there is no gain in privacy from disabling the notifications. Is this  
what you mean to imply? If it is, I think it would be better if the  
text were more explicit.


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Gareth Rees

[Arthur Clifford]

I would agree with Gareth's assessment. 'paranoid' seems an inappropriate
word for a spec. It implies whoever wrote the spec doesn't think much about
the feature or a user who would use it; while that may be a legitimate
opinion, if the feature is to be present it should be described sans
attitude. The polite phrase would be "... a concerned user ...".
 
Art C
Arthur Clifford
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Subject: The paranoid user

Section 6.12.2.1 "Hyperlink auditing" says:
> However, the ping attribute ... allows the paranoid user to disable  
> the notifications without losing the underlying link functionality.
>


The use of the word "paranoid" suggests that such a user's concerns  
about sending ping notifications are delusional: that is, in practice  
there is no gain in privacy from disabling the notifications. Is this  
what you mean to imply? If it is, I think it would be better if the  
text were more explicit.


--
Gareth Rees

[Henri Sivonen]

On Sep 3, 2009, at 13:53, Gareth Rees wrote:

> Section 6.12.2.1 "Hyperlink auditing" says:
>> However, the ping attribute ... allows the paranoid user to disable  
>> the notifications without losing the underlying link functionality.
>>
> The use of the word "paranoid" suggests that such a user's concerns  
> about sending ping notifications are delusional: that is, in  
> practice there is no gain in privacy from disabling the  
> notifications. Is this what you mean to imply?

Yes, it means to imply that.

> If it is, I think it would be better if the text were more explicit.


I agree.

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Henri Sivonen
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[Ian Hickson]

On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Gareth Rees wrote:

>
> Section 6.12.2.1 "Hyperlink auditing" says:
> > However, the ping attribute ... allows the paranoid user to disable the
> > notifications without losing the underlying link functionality.
>
> The use of the word "paranoid" suggests that such a user's concerns
> about sending ping notifications are delusional: that is, in practice
> there is no gain in privacy from disabling the notifications. Is this
> what you mean to imply? If it is, I think it would be better if the text
> were more explicit.

I've removd the word "paranoid".

Cheers,
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