[LINK] Why www.etc?

[Ivan Trundle]

On 05/12/2007, at 1:45 PM, Chris Maltby wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 11:47:52PM +1100, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>> index.html at scienceshow/rn/abc.net.au
>
> We already have a nice hierarchical naming system we use to navigate
> file repositories. It's been generalised by some people along the
> lines you mention but more consistently:
>
> //au/net/abc/rn/scienceshow/index.html
>
> The big question is "what's different about the web that it requires
> 4, 5, 6 or more different addressing schemes for each URL?"
>
> protocol://[username[:password]@][domain-name|IP][:port]/ 
> [filepathname]?[extension[&extension...]]
>
> and that's probably not the whole story either. And then there's the
> other semantic baggage that comes with HTTP - cookies, options,
> referrer names, MIME types etc etc.
>
> No point complaining, I think we're stuck with it.

As we are with the QWERTY keyboard. And using the word 'dial' to make  
phone calls. And English as the predominant language for the net, and  
for lots of other things that were developed with perhaps not a wide- 
enough vision (20-20 hindsight should be further researched).

I wonder if it will ever change? What an upheaval that would be!

iT