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Erik Moeller wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Gabriel-
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<pre wrap="">This would defeat all caching, we use 'Vary: Accept-Encoding, Cookie'.
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Yes, if we want to allow anons to set preferences, we'd have to think
about ways to integrate the cookie system into the cache. That'd be a
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We don't give unregistered users the ability to set preferences now,
why should we give it to them if we assign them an "anon" account?<br>
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Erik's idea sounds very good to me, although I don't have the technical
expertise to understand all of the implications.<br>
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--Michael Snow<br>
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