> Am I horribly misguided in wanting to use plural and singular prefixes > to distinguish between collections and individual entities?: > > Collections: > > /posts/tagged/ruby > /posts/from/2007/12 > /posts/written-by/tomafro > /users > > Individual items: > > /user/tomafro > /post/1
At one time I would've agreed with you on this, but I've come to admire the way rails URL's are "hackable" by default. That is, you can hack off the end of the URL, and more often than not you're able to move to a higher level of the hierarchy. I believe good websites and web apps should have short, easy to read, hackable URLs. Here's an article from Jakob Neilsen about how URLs are a strong part of the user interface, and why it makes sense to pay attention to them: URL as UI: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990321.html I've heard all the standard REST arguments about URLs needing to be opaque, but I do believe that some users (myself included) rely on them to be "hackable". In fact I tend to directly manipulate the URL more than clicking on links in breadcrumbs or other navigation on web pages. -- Thanks, Dan __________________________________________________________________ Dan Kubb Autopilot Marketing Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 1 (604) 820-0212 Web: http://autopilotmarketing.com/ __________________________________________________________________ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
