[LINK] Why www.etc?

[Adam Todd]

At 01:56 PM 5/12/2007, Ivan Trundle wrote:

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

Oh and CGI's that hyjack the URI and process 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).

Maybe humans need stronger glasses :)


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

Web 6?