Demographic Data Collection (was Re: Automatic Entry and Forms)
Brian Behlendorf ( Wed, 28 Feb 1996 02:10:20 -0800 (PST)  Date:
Wed, 28 Feb 1996 02:10:20 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Behlendorf <>
To: "Phillip M. Hallam-Baker" <> Subject: Demographic Data
Collection (was Re: Automatic Entry and Forms) In-Reply-To: <>
Message-Id: <>  This is a continuation of a thread which has
been raging on www-html over  the last few days, and since I
believe that the answer belongs at a  different level than HTML,
I'm continuing it here.  Feel free to see its  beginnings at
<URL:> under  "Automatic Entry and Forms", at least when the
archive gets updated since  it doesn't appear to be
automatic.... if someone has a better pointer  please post it.
A particular user posted a complaint about having to constantly
re-enter  his name and password into HTML forms, and wondered
whether some sort of  automatic form entry system could be
developed for common fields.  A  lively debate ensued as to
whether such a system could be built t