Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list gopher); Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:33:11 -0500 (EST) Return-Path: <sugaku@sympatico.ca> Delivered-To: gopher@complete.org Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts13.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.34]) by pi.glockenspiel.complete.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 877AA3B811 for <gopher@complete.org>; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:33:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from [209.226.175.22] by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with SMTP id <20020415213309.MVKN4519.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@[209.226.175.22]> for <gopher@complete.org>; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:33:09 -0400 From: Ralph Furmaniak <sugaku@sympatico.ca> To: gopher@complete.org Subject: [gopher] Re: Views Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:33:09 EDT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20020415213309.MVKN4519.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@[209.226.175.22]> X-archive-position: 591 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: sugaku@sympatico.ca Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: <mailto:ecartis@complete.org?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> X-List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> List-subscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org> List-post: <mailto:gopher@complete.org> List-archive: <http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/> X-list: gopher

> In that case, the harder question to ask is: how can a client tell > the server what's preferred?

Why would it need to? The server lists the views and the client requests whichever of these it wants. This is the way the current protocol works, the client sends (where F means tab) selectorF+view where view is the view requested.

Putting the logic in the client might be the best, even though that's what was perhaps avoided in the past.

Only the person really knows the preferences, but the programs (clients,servers) can still themselves choose preferences. For example it would rather take gif than bmp. I do agree that the client knows best though, for example it is really depended on the client OS whether they would take tgz, zip, or the mac format.