If I may...


As webTV devices have no built-in permanent storage devices of any kind or
don't have "write" capabilities, cookies are UNAVAILABLE on these platforms.
The same goes for other read-only devices like some cell-phones and stuff.

It could however very well be webTV users have the opportunity to store data
either on the central server (bi-directional communication is then required)
which would make it dependant on IP addresses, another issue since these
will not be the same throughout different sessions AND would impose security
issues, since then other users would be able to get to your cookies.  In
another case, some device may have a storage device in the form of a RAM
chip, which would be vulnerable to power loss or any other event that can
erase RAM information.


- Kayjey -



-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
[mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]Namens Robert Clendaniel
Verzonden: woensdag 4 juli 2001 9:44
Aan: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
Onderwerp: WebTV and cookies?


One of our client sites has a form which uses cookies to allow
users to retain information between visits and not to have to
retype in a bunch of stuff, as people typically use it every
month.

http://www.choptankelectric.com/bilmeter/mreading.html

We've just heard from an unhappy visitor for whom the cookies
aren't working; he uses WebTV and insists that our site's cookies
worked OK until recently - no changes have been made to the page
since before this.

What are the issues WebTV has with cookies, if any?  Any and all
advice most welcome!

FWIW, the form CGI we use here is "yform" but it's based on
"formmail".

Robert L. Clendaniel
BayLogic Internet Marketing Inc.
robert(at)baylogic.com
http://www.baylogic.com/

 

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