[Sigia-l] URL design - mixing apples and oranges and tomatoes

[PeterV]

>Are you referring to simple, static sites?

Simple, static, no. I *was* referring to sites that don't need to keep 
session - that doesn't mean they can't be dynamic (but I guess it's all 
semantics).

>Otherwise, dynamically-generated sites need to store session data and/or
>other variables to be used to re-create a bookmarked page.

Only sites that keep sessions need to do that. And only for users that 
don't have cookies turned on, so in URL design it's only a small subset of 
all cases.

>Or have you discovered another method for HTTP persistence?

Not yet :) When you need sessions, the Amazon method (session ID at the end 
of the URL) is my favourite.

>domain.com/42346DDR6577823TL

Really don't like it. Not readable or hackable. Agreed, 99% of user will 
never hack a URL, or even look at it, but if you're going to design them I 
think you may as well do it nicely.
PeterV
http://petervandijck.net