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From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
To: Graham Klyne <GK@ACM.ORG>
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Graham Klyne <GK@ACM.ORG>:
> I also think that the protocol should clearly specify the intent of a
> header without prescribing a particular UI.  (Any UI examples being clearly
> pedagogical.)

This is why I have refused to get involved in discussions of UI theology.
They are only a distraction.  Instead we should be thinking about (a) how to 
design headers that convey an unambiguous maximum of information in a
simple way, and (b) how to cause as little disruption to the existing user
and code base as possible.
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		<a href="http://www.ccil.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a>

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