gt; From: Jonathan Baldwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 12:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [WSG] Fixed Width Design
>
>
> You and me both. My .mac homepage address has no www - but people
> automatically ask if I've missed it off whe
Of course, if you're on a Mac and use iSync, then your URLs move from
computer to computer when you log in and, if you have to use a PC,
they're stored on a web page for you, updated each time you
synchronise. A simple thing, but truly marvellous, and built in to the
OS.
Most URLs are autofill
You and me both. My .mac homepage address has no www - but people
automatically ask if I've missed it off when I tell them it.
I suppose if the web were more forgiving then it wouldn't matter if you
typed www or not. Like getting the post code wrong or missing it off -
takes a little longer to g
> Over time, I am expecting we will find that the URL itself doesn't
matter as much as it is made to at the moment.
I was trying to say that URL's/URI's are not really for humans.
The URN (Uniform Resrouce Name) is what we are actually talking about.
This is a specific form of a URI that is pers
You could always tell them to enter
http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In Internet Explorer, that'd really freak them out.
http://www.secunia.com/internet_explorer_address_bar_spoofing_test/
Now tell me that IE is a secure browser...
CHeers
James
Miles Tillinger wrote:
If I had a dollar for everytime tha
Hi Gary,
you always have wise words, so I'd like to know what it is and why you are expecting?
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Over time, I am expecting we will find that the URL itself doesn't matter as much as
it is made to at the moment.
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The discussion li
Just some examples:
2 I actually type in from memory pretty often:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/
http://www.macromedia.com/coldfusion/ (which actually redirects to
/software/coldfusion/ - very nice)
and an interesting concept - each item/object has a unique keyword - tack
.html on the end and its
o, no WWW!"
N00b:
"news.google.com, without www? wow, does that work? That's amazing! How about the
http://? I can leave it out? OMG!"
-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Baldwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:12 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subj
> Now for the classic: What if you're in a internet cafe and you don't
remember the url?
My response to that is that the Internet does not support "portability" of
your personal configuration information properly.
This is what I think needs to be addressed - not what a URL actually is or
isn't.
That's fine for power users, but 99% of users can't navigate up and
down directories, I would guess. As an experiment, imagine a site with
no navigation, but all pages were accessible by typing in the url of,
at least, the enclosing directory. How many people would be able to do
it - even havin
I agree. I've long advocated easy to remember URLs because, although
most of "us" do as Gary says and get URLs directly from email, I've
observed that a *lot* of users don't know that they can copy URLs from
the browser so type them out when passing them on, or do it verbally,
so it is importan
er 2003 10:05 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [WSG] Fixed Width Design
> The only way you can access them are via a search engine or book mark,
no one will actually remember a url like this, it is not
> accessibile!
"accessible" means that the content can be navigated, r
Sent: Friday, 12 December 2003 11:05 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [WSG] Fixed Width Design
> The only way you can access them are via a search engine or book mark,
no one will actually remember a url like this, it is not
> accessibile!
"accessible" means that the content c
> The only way you can access them are via a search engine or book mark,
no one will actually remember a url like this, it is not
> accessibile!
"accessible" means that the content can be navigated, read and understood
by the largest number of users.
For me personally, a URL can be as cryptic as
russ weakley wrote:
It is a debate raging around the web at present. There are other options
that solve this problem:
FWIW, a few weeks ago I created a layout with EMs as base unit. I've set
min- and max-widths for better readability.
http://www.webproducer.at/flexible-layout
Tonico
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Tonico
Taco Fleur wrote:
Can I just say something???
yes.
It has nothing to do with the article itself.
I really can't stand urls like http://www.notestips.com/80256B3A007F2692/1/TAIO-5TT34F
The only way you can access them are via a search engine or book mark, no one will
actually remember a url like
Can I just say something???
yes.
It has nothing to do with the article itself.
I really can't stand urls like http://www.notestips.com/80256B3A007F2692/1/TAIO-5TT34F
The only way you can access them are via a search engine or book mark, no one will
actually remember a url like this, it is not a
It is a debate raging around the web at present. There are other options
that solve this problem:
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/em/
Russ
>
> Interesting article on using fixed width design for sites:
> http://www.notestips.com/80256B3A007F2692/1/TAIO-5TT34F
>
> He makes a good point
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