Re: decreased caching efficiency?

[Dana Hudes <dhudes () hudes org>]

I can point out plenty of examples of large sites which do not
work without JavaScript.

Also don't confuse pofit with revenue.

On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Hendrik Visage wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 12:43:51PM -0400, Dana Hudes wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa () samurai sfo dead-dog com>
> > To: "Dana Hudes" <dhudes () hudes org>
> > Cc: <nanog () merit edu>
> > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 12:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: decreased caching efficiency?
> >
> >
> > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 10:24:27AM -0400, Dana Hudes wrote:
> > > > No, you are interfering with my revenue stream by preventing 
> > > > my getting credit for the banner impression.
> > >
> > > Tough.  Banner ads aren't a guaranteed form of revenue.
> >
> > Neither is being an ISP a guarantee of revenue.
>
> Depends on a couple of factors, but it could be a pretty decent
> form of "guaranteed" revenue.
>
> > > How would you feel if I said my cache at home filters banner
> > > content out? 
> >
> > I hope my JavaScript would detect this and refuse to display the photograph.
>
> Sofar you've given us LOTS of reasons NOT to visit your site (BTW, url
> to exclude from our caches ;^)
>
> This will actually make several people turn away from your site, as
> people don't always like java/javascript and have it actually turned
> off, like when browsing via a Nokia 9110, lynx etc.
>
> Hendrik