[tech] trailing '?' for input (was: entry field in gemtext)

mbays mbays at sdf.org
Tue Sep 14 19:43:57 BST 2021
* Sunday, 2021-09-12 at 12:20 -0400 - Michael Lazar <lazar.michael22@gmail.com>:

>> >> => /link? Enter your input
> Let's generalize this a bit more:
>
> If a gemini URL contains a query string, the client can show an edit
> textbox with the existing query string as the pre-filled or suggested
> value. The user can then edit the text, or submit it as-is (the
> latter would preserve the existing behavior).

But that leaves the question of how the user is meant to know whether they're intended to edit the text or leave it as is. There's plenty of current usage with links with non-empty query component which are meant to be kept.


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