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At Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:01:05 -0500, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > > It's sometimes not feasible/possible though. But it is unfortunate, and > I agree you should always just do that where possible. > > I wonder if Google's use of the <link rel=canonical> element has been > catching on with any other tools? Will any browses, delicious > extensions, etc., bookmark that, or offer the option to bookmark that, > or anything, instead of the one in the address bar? The W3C WWW Technical Architecture Group has some interest in making 302 found redirects work as they were supposed to in browsers [1], but there is not a lot of movement there, as far as I know. In the meantime I believe that we should strive in all cases to ensure that the URL in the address bar is the permanent URL. best, Erik 1. http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/04/why_does_the_address_bar_show.html