On: How to Design a Good API & Why it Matters

[rimantas]

  - Strict REST is overrated:
  Browser support is universal for GET and POST, and patchy
  for everything else.

Don't assume your resources will be consumed by browsers only. I still think it makes a good idea to have proper verbs and work around current browser limitations by passing hidden "method" field.

[vorador → rimantas]

Yes, PUTs and DELETEs are nice but they are also sometimes blocked by proxies, on the assumption that browser don't do that, so they can't be needed.