UKNM: Fwd: RE: Do we care to comment?

[Sam Michel]

As Ivan (and a bunch of other people have pointed out) the framesets are a method for preserving the URL of the original site. Got to go now...must prize my foot out of my mouth.


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From: Ivan Pope <ivannetnames [dot] com>

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To: "'samchinwag [dot] com'" <samchinwag [dot] com>

>Subject: RE: Do we care to comment?

>Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:43:41 +0100

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>Sam,

>Well, you could have asked before jumping to conclusions! 

>The frameset is actually to allow our customers to keep their URL in the

>browser, not for any other purpose. 

>Also, any customer can turn off the frames option via our management tools.

>These tools have been introduced in response to customer feedback and

>demand. 

>So, how about a little credit where its due and remember, I'm always here to

>help!

>And don't be so paranoid!

>Maybe you'd like to forward this to the UKNM list.

>Cheers,

>Ivan

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>> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 18:28:04 +0100

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> From: Sam Michel <samchinwag [dot] com>

>> Subject: UKNM: NetNames Forwarding

>> 

>> Out of interest...a friend of mine registered a domain name 

>> with NetNames

>> and used their systems to forward web browsers onto to some 

>> free web space

>> where he's going to host a couple of pages.

>> 

>> He checked the code and noticed that when viewing the page source, a

>> frameset appeared where there hadn't been any before. So, basically

>> NetNames have added a zero sized frame to my friend's 

>> website, presumably

>> to track how many times this page is being accessed. It 

>> struck me as very

>> big brother ...and well, it's seems questionable to me, to track this

>> information.

>> 

>> On top of that, it automatically adds a framset to a page, 

>> which doesn't

>> need one, which brings a host of compatibility issues into play.

>> 

>> This strike anyone else as odd? I can understand wishing to 

>> track this type

>> of information for marketing and demographic purposes, but 

>> this seems to

>> be taking things a long way. Anyone know if other domain name 

>> companies with this service use a similar technique?

>> 

>> Anyone from NetNames care to comment?

>> 

>> 

>> Toodle Pip

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>> Sam

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