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Yeah. I agree that this is a slippery slope. SMTP followed this, and there were a lot of whacky things, then qmail came and rejected the bad implementations. P
by bluejekyll 11y ago
Yeah. I agree that this is a slippery slope. SMTP followed this, and there were a lot of whacky things, then qmail came and rejected the bad implementations.
Perhaps it's better to use this law for UI, where being liberal with accepting things by trimming white space is better than rejecting, which would confuse an end user.
- edejong 11y agoPerhaps, but we introduce a new implicit specification by doing this, possibly closing the door for situations where white-space is relevant. The common appearance of the ignorant user seems to stem from him generalizing patterns as a holdover from one UI to another. Perhaps we should better study these patterns and steer the user to a consistent path. But instead, it seems we're trying to out-smart him time and time again, creating a jungle of user interactions which merely belittle and confuse.