[Zope] Hiding HTML URL

[Chris Withers]

> I wish I could impose my ideas on users.   I respond to specs.  Yes, I 
> will fight the good fight when a spec is silly.

If this is coming from a spec, it's very silly, and a total waste of 
your time...

> I've even turned down 
> gigs because the client was stubborn and what they wanted would be a 
> disaster. 

So you turned this one down, right?

>But URL "cloaking" is not silly to some clients and the 
> pattern I described handles it nicely and has benefits well beyond 
> maintaining a stable URL.

Oh? Do enlighten us... ;-)

> Note:  Sometimes I sense a "culture clash" between Advanced Zope 
> developement guys,

"people with brains"

> Web presentation guys 

"people with too little brain to understand or care what usability 
really means" ;-)

> and us lowly application 
> developers that get the joy of accounting systems online.

"people who should know better but are too timid to speak" *grinz*

> Im curious, how is it "hostile" to a user?

It's grim to debug, and will confuse your users even more when it goes 
wrong. "but the thingy in the box is still the same, why is it not working"

> If there are superior patterns (for Business Apps) Im the first that 
> wants to see them and this is  a welcome discussion. :-)

There are many, but that's beyond the scope of this list...

cheers,

Chris

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