RE: Citation of URLs

Just my two cents:

Many URLs don't start with "www.", for example, just "aware.hwg.com" is 
(just a little) ambiguous.

Many word processors and email programs (and more software in the future to 
be sure) will convert http://www.foo.com to a live hyper text link.  They 
will NOT do this for www.foo.com.

I see enough confusion between novices confusing email and web sites (as in 
"my web site is at novice@aol.com" or "our company's email is www.foo.com". 
 Please don't contribute to this by omitting the "http" bit.

On Friday, July 09, 1999 6:47 AM, Brian Kelly [SMTP:lisbk@ukoln.ac.uk] 
wrote:
> Are there any accessibility issues regarding the citation of URLs, both
> online and in print?
>
> We've been having some discussion locally about the conventions for our
> newsletter.
>
> The following have been suggested:
>
> <URL:http://www.foo.com/>
> <http://www.foo.com/>
> http://www.foo.com/
> www.foo.com
>
> The final alternative, with a Courier font, has been suggested as it's
> shorter than the others.
>
> Would this cause any accessibility (or other) problems?
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian