[Zope-dev] Stuff hanging off user not in cookies

[Brian Lloyd]

> Is there are reason why configuration info for the user 
> doesn't hang off
> the user object and is instead stored in cookies?
> 
> I'm thinking of the dimensions/etc of the edit boxes and the 
> like. I do
> a lot of work through virtual domains and it's a real pain having to
> resize that edit box every time I log in through a different domain or
> on a different computer...

Have you looked at the "Better User Management" proposal? One 
aspect of it is a better level of lowest-common-denominator 
support for extended attributes. I think that a prerequisite 
for what you are asking for is a well-defined interface for 
hanging extended attrs on users that can work reliably (or 
fail in a well-defined way) for whatever flavor of user 
source you are using.

http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Proposals/BetterUserManagement


Brian Lloyd        brian@digicool.com
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