If you are going to nitpick, I will say that this is a feature that relies on browser-support. It's not fundamental to the web. Query-strings however by definition needs to be supported on the server-side. They are a part of the web. They are required for the web to work.
Why is "browser-support" relevant? Your example is not supported in MSIE. I also thought it was removed from Chrome (in the name of "simplicity"), but I may be wrong.
A link with query-strings is guaranteed to work for everyone.
Why is "browser-support" relevant? Your example is not supported in MSIE. I also thought it was removed from Chrome (in the name of "simplicity"), but I may be wrong.
A link with query-strings is guaranteed to work for everyone.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834489