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Links are a Contract/API
- redcircle 14y agoMobile browsers can help matters by letting you override the user agent (e.g., with a desktop user agent), to stop sites from redirecting you to their horrible mobile versions.
- kevinpet 14y agoGood XKCD on this topic. http://xkcd.com/869/ http://xkcd.com/869/
- cardiffspaceman 14y agoI wish the airline had been mentioned. I don't think leaving their name out will ensure that the site is improved. Also it is ironic that we are discussing this on Hacker News.
- kefs 14y agoUnknown or expired link.
- cardiffspaceman 14y agoI had occassion to visit the CBS network website to try to find out the topics of 60 minutes show. I got mobile jailed and they tried to have me download a mobile app. So I didn't watch 60 minutes
- kefs 14y agoSo.. in case you haven't noticed.. This post is a clever little advertisement disguised as a blogpost/story. The submitter and author are the same person, selling services for moovweb, which solves the issue characterized in the advert.
- SeanDav 14y agoYou can't claim that links are a contract. At best maintaining links is a courtesy and one you should not rely on. Having said that I can see why this is annoying and a clear thinking business should allow manual override.
- lukifer 14y agoThe word "contract" is just a metaphor. Your customer is going to treat a broken link as a broken promise, whether or not you actually made one.