- From: Bill de hÓra <dehora@eircom.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 21:17:09 +0100
- To: www-tag@w3.org
Jon Hanna wrote: > > Dan Connolly wrote: >> [[ >> The idea here is to use a Web address that ends in .tel as one would use >> a telephone number. Steering a Web browser towards www.hertz.tel, for >> example, would activate an Internet phone call to someone at Hertz. >> ]] >> >> -- A Web Address for a Phone Number? Do .Tel >> By Ben Charny >> May 15, 2006 http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1962924,00.asp >> >> Sigh... why not tel.hertz.com? > > Why not a tel: URI that already works? > > I've been reading comedy sci-fi novels, and yet this is still the > silliest idea I've heard all week. You nailed it. I would have thought switching to voice was a scheme protocol matter a la https:. Maybe we'll all look back some day and realise TLDs were a mistake. cheers Bill
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