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Yes, I understand the reason for the standards, and other things being equal I am all for following them. I just think it's strange that an organisation spying
by Silhouette 5y ago
Yes, I understand the reason for the standards, and other things being equal I am all for following them. I just think it's strange that an organisation spying on someone's communications and then doing anything it otherwise couldn't and breaking anything as a result should be getting such a free ride. There is no law that says any web application you write has to follow those standards, and the only reason not doing so is a problem in this case is because the likes of Google didn't mind their own business.
- skybrian 5y agoThere are other reasons but you're ignoring them.
- Silhouette 5y agoWhat, specifically?
- skybrian 5y agoSome other software, other than Google, might follow the link automatically. Because the standard allows that. (Also, consider mistaken clicks, which happen all the time on touch screens.)
- Silhouette 5y agoSome other software, other than Google, might follow the link automatically. Because the standard allows that. That is literally the opposite of what good native email clients have been doing for a long time. They won't even open linked images and the like by default, to prevent tracking.