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Re: Stick in the mud...
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:09:28 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
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> which helps deter sloppy (i.e. wrong) URLs from being propagated.
You're technically correct. Leaving off a trailing slash is technically "wrong"
syntax. But before we condemn servers for automatically adding it back in and
doing what the user expects without a lecture to the user on "proper" URL
syntax, let's please remember why computers were invented and who is supposed
to be in charge during the user-computer experience.
One hint, it's not the computer. And it's not the system administrator either,
at least not to the extent of dictating how the user should interact.
Having said that, I think what you propose as a way to catch omitted slashes
seems reasonable.
++Lar
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Message has 7 Replies:
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| (...) That's one theory. There are others. I'm sure a libertarian realises that a given system admin can choose how to admin his own system. eric (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) either, (...) Sure he does. 'Course, if that given system administrator attention to a level of technical detail that almost no other system around insists on, I'd say that system administrator is more interested in being arrogantly correct (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I'm of two minds on this. :) It's not so bad when a server adds a trailing slash when someone types a URL in wrong by hand (like something they saw printed wrong on purpose in a print advertisement), but when a server allows _written_ URLs (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) If I were paying for a website to be designed for me for a commercial purpose, I'd want it designed to maximise the ease of use and to make any user feel comfortable - I doubt this would include lecturing users on web use. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I think trailing slashes should be optional by specification. Even if they are not optional in the spec, it is optional in the De Facto spec given the existing base of installed servers that handle it gracefully (to the end user). It would be (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Without a doubt! And the market will pass judgement on whether he's made a good choice about whether to be correct, or forgiving of errors. Assuming he doesn't have such a first mover advantage that there aren't viable alternatives handy, that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Actually, those changes are actually all still in place and still working. For example, if you guess and type in: (URL) be auto-forwarded to the correct URL: (URL) if you omit the trailing / character and type in (URL) it gives a blank FTX (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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