At 01:10 PM 05/29/98 +1000, you wrote:
>Barry Lee Brisco wrote:
> Frank, why
>> do you feel that http:// is necessary in some situations and not others?
>
>Becaue I feel corporate stationery should be more formal.
Frank, do you own a tux? ;-) Seriously, I just don't see it this way.
>And what about domains that don't have the www? We certainly wouldn't put
>ibm.com/ on stationery - or ads either - if we didn't have the www.
Yes, I am aware that some domains don't have the dub dub dub, but they are
a definite minority. In that case I would consider ibm.com as appropriate,
though for clarity one could use the ugly http://
> And I'm also amazed at the number of tv and
>radio shows and ads who, when advertising their 'internet address'
>painstaking spell out not just the aich, tee, tee, pee but also every
>single dot and the com and the au also. Slowly, with equal emphasis on
>every single syllable.
Well, the .com and .au is essential for the URL to work. But the aich, tee,
tee, pee, colon, forward slash, forward slash is not, and I see no point in
using it. It's just 7 more characters that a novice user will have to get
exactly right, and if they miss just one they won't know where their error
lies. So why not reduce their chances of screwing up and just leave it off
all the time?
Barry <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Web Design & Development�- Online Marketing <http://www.ToTheWeb.com>
In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for windows or
gates?
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