- From: Francois Yergeau <yergeau@alis.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 12:00:28 -0500
- To: "Gregory J. Woodhouse" <gjw@wnetc.com>
- Cc: uri@bunyip.com
À 09:17 21-02-97 -0800, Gregory J. Woodhouse a écrit : >i-nodes filenames >IP addresses domain names >URLs ????? URLs are in the wrong place. Applications do not deal with i-nodes, they deal with filenames. Ditto for users. Same for domain names, which is what users and applications deal with as soon as the resolution service is available. And same for URLs. My browser has both an "Open file" and an "Open URL" command, and both are used identically: type in the stuff, and the application and system will resolve it to the resource I want to access. Directories are at another level, one more indirection. It would be wrong to push back i18n requirements to the directory level, they exist at the URL level. It wouldn't help file submission any, for instance, and this is where the need is most flagrant. -- François Yergeau <yergeau@alis.com> Alis Technologies Inc., Montréal Tél : +1 (514) 747-2547 Fax : +1 (514) 747-2561
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