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Subject:	Re: Specific problem: finding members - general conclusion: principle of least surprise needed on Lugnet
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Fri, 14 Jan 2000 01:26:42 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Allan Bedford writes: > I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I just think that URL's should, > essentially, be meaningless and transparent. URL's are not what makes the > web a great device. Hotlinks are what makes it so that anyone can use it; > regardless of their knowledge of computers, files, directory structures > etc. I agree that hotlinks are important for *all* users, but I also think having a well-designed URL structure is important for other types of users. Can't it provide hotlinks AND good design without sacrificing either? I dunno - I'm just a beginner when it comes to web-stuff, but I am curious :) Richard

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		Re: Specific problem: finding members - general conclusion: principle of least surprise needed on Lugnet
(...) Yes. I think an important thing to remember is that a site should cater to as many segments of its audience as possible. The paradigm here is not that of your typical website. While I agree that one should be able to navigate to everywhere, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		Re: Specific problem: finding members - general conclusion: principle of least surprise needed on Lugnet
Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in article <FoAsq9.3z9@lugnet.com>... (...) quotes (...) to (...) I wasn't really worried about what was really being searched for with the quote.yahoo.com URL. In fact, I was using it as an example as well. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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