Now for the classic: What if you're in a internet cafe and you don't remember the url?

Personally I *try* and keep the url clean and easy to remember

[domain] / [object/function] / [key/id]

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Menzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 12 December 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, read and understood 
by the largest number of users.

For me personally, a URL can be as cryptic as it needs to be.

I don't find I need to "remember" a URL like that.  I either keep the 
email it is in (which provides me context as well as how to get to it) or 
- if it is REALLY a kewl thing I want to "remember" I add it to my 
bookmarks and give it a name that I think makes sense.

I do remember domains though (e.g. www.mydomain.com).

In most instances I find the names that people give their directory/path 
hierarchies don't make sense to me anyways.  They are just one persons (or 
possibly a small committee's) view of how the information should be 
categorised - and, in my experience, don't map to my view of the world.


Gary Menzel
Web Development Manager
IT Operations Brisbane -+- ABN AMRO Morgans Limited
Level 29, 123 Eagle Street BRISBANE QLD 4000
PH: 07 333 44 828  FX:  07 3834 0828




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