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The original post from Dropbox says that they considered the pros and cons of a bunch of options, and they thought this was the best solution. I'm inclined to a
by blowski 12y ago
The original post from Dropbox says that they considered the pros and cons of a bunch of options, and they thought this was the best solution. I'm inclined to agree with them.
You can have a good API design without following REST to the letter. Usability always trumps standards.
- acjohnson55 12y agoStandards go a long way toward facilitating usability. Web developers should know this as well as anyone.
- blowski 12y agoOf course they do, but there are times when it makes more sense to deviate from them. It always comes down to why. If it's because some designer thinks it looks prettier that way, or because some inexperienced developer doesn't know any better, then it's a bad idea. But that's not the case here.