Re: To Use Cookies or Not To Use Cookies
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
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numero = 49435
interpreted = N
texte = On 4/11/03 12:38 PM, Kenneth Grome
wrote:> A lot of things are easier with cookies, that's for sure. But a few > weeks ago, someone here reported that more than 50% of users don't > have cookies turned on in their browsers. If this statistic is > anywhere near the truth, I would *not* want to have a small store > that requires them for the shopping cart, or for any other required > feature of the site. My reasoning is simply because I would rather > not lose even one potential customer if there's anything I can do to > avoid it, and not using cookies is something I can do to avoid it. I suppose if you wanted to be diligent yet use cookies when you can, you could set and then check for the cookie value (somewhere in the beginning of your site).. That way if the cookie exists and as such can be used you could then call on the cookie in the store.... If it doesn't exist after attempting to set it, you can assume that cookies wont work and as such could use that to determine the need to show the cart in the url.If I was going to go this route I WOULDN'T miss the opportunity to use a db to track the % of non cookie users so I could gauge the importance of the cart/url over time.HTH Alex Alex J McCombie New World Media Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064 Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.comInterface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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On 4/11/03 12:38 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote:> A lot of things are easier with cookies, that's for sure. But a few > weeks ago, someone here reported that more than 50% of users don't > have cookies turned on in their browsers. If this statistic is > anywhere near the truth, I would *not* want to have a small store > that requires them for the shopping cart, or for any other required > feature of the site. My reasoning is simply because I would rather > not lose even one potential customer if there's anything I can do to > avoid it, and not using cookies is something I can do to avoid it. I suppose if you wanted to be diligent yet use cookies when you can, you could set and then check for the cookie value (somewhere in the beginning of your site).. That way if the cookie exists and as such can be used you could then call on the cookie in the store.... If it doesn't exist after attempting to set it, you can assume that cookies wont work and as such could use that to determine the need to show the cart in the url.If I was going to go this route I WOULDN'T miss the opportunity to use a db to track the % of non cookie users so I could gauge the importance of the cart/url over time.HTH Alex Alex J McCombie New World Media Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064 Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.comInterface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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