Adam, thanks for your considered response. >> First of all, by assuming the ".com/", you alienate a small but >> significant number of Internet domains. The amount of commercial domain >> names may far exceed other types, but other types are often as important. I am not proposing to overrule the standard URL usage. My proposal is intended primarily for commercial purposes. People wishing to access a University or EDU site could still use the URL as they do today. I realize that other domain roots will not benefit from my proposal, but if the Internet, an especially the WWW, is truly to become a mass oriented consumer product, which may well happen if the Internet Appliance becomes succesful, we should make it more accessible to the rest of the people. >>I haven't met a single person unable to grasp the format of a URL within >>a few seconds. I do not think the question is whether people can learn the meaning of the URL, I just find it it morally abhorrent to force grandma or grandpa to understand what, in the end, are UNIX file system conventions. >> Don't always assume the Web machine is www. Many simply exclude the >> www, or replace it with a another title, such as web. Under your >> standard, you force a naming convention upon businesses. I thought forcing a naming convention upon business was actually a good thing. In any case, if a business does not wish to adhered to a naming convention they will be just as free to advertise the full URL as they do today. The latter would be to their commerical disadvantage. Regards, ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ * Israel del Rio Abstraction Software +303-791-6600 * * Makers of PROPHESY * * The Windows Based Network & Workflow Simulation System * ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Received on Sunday, 14 January 1996 01:14:23 UTC
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