Re: Google Web Accelerator

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 62014
interpreted = N
texte = >Terry Wilson wrote: > >> Google is up to something we should all know about: >> >>http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/google_web_accelerator_hey_not_so_fast_an_alert_for_web_app_designers.php >> >> and >> http://webaccelerator.google.com/webmasterhelp.html >> It's an accelerator that pre-fetches pages to give the illusion of >>faster web surfing. In admin pages, it can click links that will in >>turn delete or otherwise change database content. >> Anyone deal with this yet? >> Terry > > > >As far as the google information (your second link), I don't seen anything >too alarming... They can't get to password protected areas, they don't cache >https links, they don't cache news or large files. If you have the >ability to "delete" or "cancel" something sensitive without all of those >protections you are just asking for it to be deleted or canceled. > >I'm still confused as to how it works exactly though.. The google information >makes it sounds like it is only for those sites that impliment it. Is >that not the case? > >Donovan It's something the user installs on their computer. It happens automatically, as they state to webmasters that there's nothing they have to do to get this great new feature to work on their sites. This means that there are two bad scenarios: 1. You would be afraid to hop onto someone else's machine to do any administering of your own sites 2. Your clients with admin sections might not know better and install this thing. Even though most of my delete buttons give you an intermediate "Sure about that?" page, if you click to that page, then oh well.. there goes the real delete link. So even a confirmation page won't help. Google gives you HTML code to put in your tags make sure a link is pre-fetched, but not code to disallow pre-fetching. What were they thinking? Anyway, I just got this link, that suggests it might not get very far: Terry -- -- Terry Wilson | terry@terryfic.com | http://terryfic.com creator of: http://WhosComing.com - a simplified, affordable online reservation system http://WhosBringingWhat.com - online potluck signup sheet -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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>Terry Wilson wrote: > >> Google is up to something we should all know about: >> >>http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/google_web_accelerator_hey_not_so_fast_an_alert_for_web_app_designers.php >> >> and >> http://webaccelerator.google.com/webmasterhelp.html >> It's an accelerator that pre-fetches pages to give the illusion of >>faster web surfing. In admin pages, it can click links that will in >>turn delete or otherwise change database content. >> Anyone deal with this yet? >> Terry > > > >As far as the google information (your second link), I don't seen anything >too alarming... They can't get to password protected areas, they don't cache >https links, they don't cache news or large files. If you have the >ability to "delete" or "cancel" something sensitive without all of those >protections you are just asking for it to be deleted or canceled. > >I'm still confused as to how it works exactly though.. The google information >makes it sounds like it is only for those sites that impliment it. Is >that not the case? > >Donovan It's something the user installs on their computer. It happens automatically, as they state to webmasters that there's nothing they have to do to get this great new feature to work on their sites. This means that there are two bad scenarios: 1. You would be afraid to hop onto someone else's machine to do any administering of your own sites 2. Your clients with admin sections might not know better and install this thing. Even though most of my delete buttons give you an intermediate "Sure about that?" page, if you click to that page, then oh well.. there goes the real delete link. So even a confirmation page won't help. Google gives you HTML code to put in your tags make sure a link is pre-fetched, but not code to disallow pre-fetching. What were they thinking? Anyway, I just got this link, that suggests it might not get very far: Terry -- -- Terry Wilson | terry@terryfic.com | http://terryfic.com creator of: http://WhosComing.com - a simplified, affordable online reservation system http://WhosBringingWhat.com - online potluck signup sheet -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Terry Wilson

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