On May 28, 2005, at 9:49 PM, Martin Maney wrote:

> On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 12:37:42PM -0600, Neil Schemenauer wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 07:06:32AM -0400, David Binger wrote:
>>
>>> With a link_to link, won't the user be tricked into thinking,
>>>  "I't is safe to click on this link, since I know that links do
>>>  not  modify anything on a well-behaved server"?
>>>
>>
>> Some people make that argument.  I haven't decided if I agree.
>>
>
> I think that's a misstatement of the real issue, and the real issue
> isn't one that cares whether or not you agree with it.  David, I think
> you're projecting far too much developer-think onto the actions of J.
> Random, web user extrodinaire.  JR doesn't think (1) in terms of a
> model

That's true.   I didn't really mean that the user would think exactly
that
way, but that a link_to link might act in a way that is contrary to
their
expectations.  If that's what you were saying, too, then I agree.