RE: Cookies without forms?

Hi Deb,

Sure, why not?  I bet if you look at the cookie repository on
your workstation you have a lot of cookies from sites you've
never used a form on.  The cookies say "THIS workstation has
visited THIS domain" under the assumption that many folks use
the same workstation most of the time.

Here's an example - first time you go to a site, you get some
kind of splash page, pop-up, ... ..  After that, you don't. 
You didn't do anything to say "Don't show me" - the server deposited
a cookie on your workstation. And of course, many sites probably
use them to track repeat visitors under the same assumption above.

HTH ... .


>--- Original Message ---
>From: Deborah Shadovitz <DebShadovitz(at)mac.com>
>To: "hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
>Date: 8/21/00 7:24:23 PM
>

>Disclosure: I'm asking this for my work on the Adobe GoLive
5 Bible.
>However, I promise no words used in responses will be used without
express
>written permission. I am asking the following question in order
to ascertain
>where in my book to write up cookies.
>
>What I'm wondering is whether there is any actual, real-life
use for cookies
>used without a form of any kind. In other words, I can think
of a bunch of
>ways to use cookies in conjunction with forms. But, without
first using a
>form to get information such as even just a first name, you
cannot use a
>cookie to create a Welcome Back YourNameHere page. You can use
a cookie to
>track a session for a shopping experience without having anything
but the
>incoming IP number, but again, the shopping part uses a form.
So, is there
>any real way to use a cookie without using a form?
>
>Just knowing for a fact, with the collective help of many minds,
if there is
>or isn't is a huge help. If you happen to say there is a use,
and want to
>share that use, and if you can legally do so, I'd love to hear
and may be
>able to state it in the book as how you, by name and site, use
it.
>
>Thanks.
>
>PS: I'm always seeking sites built with GoLive. Either as book
examples,
>examples for the book's companion site, or for addition to an
upcoming Made
>with GoLive directory. Feel free to send me your domains (in
an email as
>clickable links) to: <mailto:deb(at)shadovitz.com?subject=made
with golive, per
hwg post>
>
>~~~~~
>Deborah Shadovitz ~ deb(at)shadovitz.com ~ http://www.shadovitz.com/deb
>(But the site's messed up right now.)
>Author: AppleWorks 5 For Dummies, Office 98 Bible, Adobe GoLive
Bible coming
>Author of Mac Efficiency 101 at http://www.maccentral.com  
>
>

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