RE: [xml-dev] Re: Cookies at XML Europe 2004 -- Call for Particip ation

From
Hunsberger, Peter <>
To
Elliotte Rusty Harold <>
Date
2004-01-06T17:18:43Z
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Thread
RE: [xml-dev] Re: Cookies at XML Europe 2004 -- Call for Particip ation
Elliotte Rusty Harold <> asks:

> 
> At 10:45 AM -0600 1/6/04, Hunsberger, Peter wrote:
> >Elliotte Rusty Harold <> asks:
> >
> ><snip/>
> >
> >>  For instance, a father might want to have the user info 
> for both his  
> >> Yahoo account and his childrens' accounts, and choose 
> between them  
> >> dynamically without overwriting any of them. Indeed he 
> might want to  
> >> have both accounts open at the same time in separate 
> windows. Is this  
> >> even possible with cookies?
> >
> >Not that this is necessarily a reason to do so, but yes: use session 
> >level (non-persistent) cookies, they are attached to the individual 
> >browser instance and never stored on disk.
> >
> 
> Would this allow me to see both my account and my (theoretical) 
> child's account at the same time in separate windows? or sequentially 
> without quitting the browser?

Either/or take your pick...