Re: [MACCAWS] browsers? No, user agents.

--- In vkit@y..., Chris Kaminski <chris@s...> wrote:
> I'm gonna throw in a vote for 'client' b/c I think it's a shorter 
term, and
> one whose common definition is closer to the comp sci definition. 
Most of my
> uneasiness with 'user agent' stems from the fact that the term is 
pretty
> much meaningless to the layperson.

Two points:
1. Our goal is to educate those lay persons, is it not? Introducing 
proper terminology won't hurt, as long as it's properly defined as 
needed.
2. We're composing information on web standards. The W3C, who 
establish those standards, use the term 'user agent.' How is it *not* 
hypocritical to use a different term? 

spinhead