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Directory please, because it makes the URLs nice and hackable. I can hit Cmd+L, right, alt-backspace to remove the 'blog' part of the URL instead of screwing a
by stevelosh 16y ago
Directory please, because it makes the URLs nice and hackable. I can hit Cmd+L, right, alt-backspace to remove the 'blog' part of the URL instead of screwing around trying to select the subdomain (and dot!) to get back to your main site.
I hate this even more for sites like GitHub pages, which use http://name.github.com/project/ http://name.github.com/project/ for the pages and http://github.com/name/project/ http://github.com/name/project/ for the repo. Trying to rewrite the URL to get from one to the other is an exercise in fiddly copypasting.
- stanleydrew 16y agoOr you could just click the links.
- detst 16y agoMost blogs make this difficult by not having an easily-discoverable link back to the main site. They link back to the root of the blog and maybe have a link back to the main site hidden away somewhere, which takes more time to find than editing the URL by hand. It's frustrating but could be solved regardless or sub-domain/sub-directory preference.
- ebenezer 16y agoIn the spirit of "Any time I have to touch the mouse, I feel inefficient" (http://michael.lopp.usesthis.com/ http://michael.lopp.usesthis.com/ ): Once you are used to Firefox or Chrome keyboard shortcuts, it's easier to do Alt+D - right arrow - Backspace a few times, for URL hacking. Subdomains change this to Alt+D - right arrow - fiddle around a bit in the address bar. So directories save URL hackers time. I do not believe this is a good argument for or against subdomains, though.