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MOST PEOPLE dont undersand what is or isnt correct demarcation, and what order to read things in. . / - _ (dot, slash, dash, underscore) all mean very specific
by basch 7y ago
MOST PEOPLE dont undersand what is or isnt correct demarcation, and what order to read things in.
. / - _ (dot, slash, dash, underscore) all mean very specific things, and different things in different context (period specifically), and if you dont have their meanings memorized and what order to read things in, (right to left from the tld, pausing at each period, then left to right from the first slash, pausing at each slash) then URLs look like illegible nonsense.
- masswerk 7y agoBut there it's really just about 4 major separators and the scheme prefix! (Dot, slash, question mark, hash mark.) – Mind that we're talking about users who are already able to read and parse sentences, including punctuations. There's no special skill set required, just a few bits of information. Users are able to parse post addresses and apply specific meaning and rules to the various parts. (Compared to URIs post adddresses are exceptionally messy und full of edge cases and exceptions.) Before mobile, users have been able to identify phone numbers by country, region, city and district. Where is the crucial difference? Isn't just because they are told it does 't matter and they won't understand anyway!