[Zope3-dev] Opera url parameter troubles

[Martijn Faassen]

Casey Duncan wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 February 2002 12:11 pm, Lennart Regebro allegedly wrote:
> > I'm not still 100% sure when these parameters would occur. One thing is
> > clear, a normal website user should never have to see such complicated
> > URLs. I have assumed that this is mostly something that will happen in the
> > management interface. Am I correct in that assumption?
> 
> They would be most prevalent in web apps that use views. Since the ZMI is a 
> view of any Zope site (in Zope3)  that is why it needs it. I would think any 
> CMF-ish thing would too (Views as basically like skins).
> 
> Of course you could just use some other scheme (cookies, sessions, etc) to 
> specify the view or other parameters to keep the URL simple.

Yes, saying "oh, let's not worry about these parameters as they are
only used by the ZMI and not by programs for end-users" is a mistake,
I think. The ZMI at some level *is* a program for end-users, as well
as just another Zope app and nothing more. All Zope apps should be able
to use the same facilities. So either everything remotely complex in Zope
uses these parameters, or nothing does.

Regards,

Martijn