On 5/3/2009 5:50 PM, Mark Hansen wrote: > On 05/03/09 17:25, Daniel wrote: >> Mark Hansen wrote: >>> 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. >>> >> No, I am not sure, it's just that when I set up my website, that's the >> file my ISP told me to set up. >> >> I suppose others might do it differently. >> >> Daniel > > They told you to use that file name because it is the file the *server* > is going to send by default. It has nothing to do with SeaMonkey.
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