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> Low-tech users don’t often understand that a difference could possibly exist between “m.” and “www.” at all. They should. Children probably have difficulty
by eadmund 8y ago
> Low-tech users don’t often understand that a difference could possibly exist between “m.” and “www.” at all.
They should. Children probably have difficulty with '6' vs. '9,' but they need to learn in order to use our number system. Likewise, users of the Internet need to learn the domain name system. Could there be better name systems? Sure. There could be better number systems, too, but this is what we have for now.
- floatingatoll 8y agoWhat difference is indicated by "news." rather than "www."?
- shaan7 8y agoUm, that they can be different websites?
- floatingatoll 8y agoThe general public does not perceive that difference, likely as a direct result of dot-com inventiveness with respect to domain names. Thanks to the stupidity of “m.” (WAP is dead) and “amp.” (WAP lives!) and the cuteness of “baredoma.in” (Silicon Valley represent) and the insanity of “www1034.www” (here’s looking at you, HP), we have spent the last decade on the web directly teaching non-tech users that what used to matter (“www”) no longer means anything at all, and they’ve listened.