The Web Accelerator Returns - expect yelling
Well, the Google Web Accelerator is back. Some people are completely panicked (again), and others are in full "tut, tut" mode. I don't know. I was kind of ambivalent about this 5 months ago, but now? I think I'm still kind of ambivalent. I see Bill de hÓra's point about how assumptions are what a lot of the web is built on - but at the same time, I see where the 37 Signals guys are coming from too. Still - Bill's more right - these kinds of bots aren't going away, and this is hardly going to be the last such thing running around on the web.
Comments
[] October 25, 2005 1:33:32.289
The picking nits over the words "SHOULD NOT" and "MUST NOT" kills me. Give me a break...like they ever read the spec before this stuff happened. Pointing out the wording proves the fact that they are retrofitting arguments for their cause.
They designed it incorrectly (most likely ignorantly), got caught by the bad design, and cried foul. The interesting thing to watch is at what point they'll fess up instead of carrying the charge.