Barry writes:
> This is very annoying. IMHO, a site that requires cookies in order to
> function normally is flawed.

At least for Netscape under Windows (and probably applicable to other
configurations as well), the best solution for cookies seems to be to
allow all cookies, but to set the cookie file to be read-only, so that
each time you exit the browser, all the cookies are thrown away, thus
limiting the use that a web site can make of them.

On an unrelated note, I saw interesting behavior the other night using
Netscape 4.0 in which we visited a travel site and entered a range of
dates into a couple fields on a form, then later visited a *different*
travel site and the dates we had used on the other site magically showed
up in the appropriate fields on the new site!  This implies to me that
fields are "named" in some way and that Netscape (or Windows 98) is
"helpfully" supplying this information for me.  I wonder if I create a
hidden field on *my* web site named "credit card#" how many things will
show up in it?

G.