On 05/02/09 17:07, Daniel wrote: > DoctorBill wrote: >> What is the difference between whatever.com vs whatever.com/ when you >> type them into the Location bar? >> >> Is one faster than the other or difference in where it goes...? >> >> Just curious. >> >> DoctorBill > > DoctorBill, part of your answer may be that when you put whatever.com > into your location bar, SeaMonkey actually goes looking for a file > called index.html (which is the file, as I understand it, that sets out > the layout of the page) at whatever.com, whereas if you entered > whatever.com/, it would go looking for an index.html at a sub-level of > the main site.
Are you sure about that? I think you'll find that SeaMonkey requests just what was asked for, and the *server* decides what to send by default. It's actually up to the server to decide the difference. > > How about comparing it to putting a letter in the mail box of a > building/street address (1596 First St), compared to putting it in the > mail box of a company on a floor of the building (10th Fl, 1596 First St). > > Something like that. > > Daniel _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
