Re: final methods and classes

Wojtek wrote:


Lew wrote:


Arne Vajh??j wrote:


How will the popularity of old information change the fact that he linked to
out-of-date documents?

By linking to current documents,
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/Timestamp.html>
even for classes that existed in earlier versions, one leads the querent to
better hotlinks, enhanced explanations, new interfaces implemented, generics
type parameters, and different packages and types listed in the various
frames. You deprive the querent of that enhanced hyper-navigation opportunity
or other potentially helpful information by steering them to out-of-date docs.

All your suggestion does is provide evidence that over a longer period of
time, older docs have had more time to gain ranking in a Google search. It
completely ignores the reduction in helpfulness that an obsolete link provides.

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Lew