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It maybe just a matter of conditioning. We are so used to the old top level domains, but, maybe, we can quickly learn to be used to them as well.
by motoboi 12y ago
It maybe just a matter of conditioning. We are so used to the old top level domains, but, maybe, we can quickly learn to be used to them as well.
- tjr 12y agoWe certainly can. Once-unusual top-level domains like .io and .ly seem normal now.
- endersshadow 12y agoTo us, maybe, but not to the layman. I work with a theatre company, and we use Artful.ly for ticketing, etc. I have to explain to so many people that it's artful.ly, not artfully.com. At this point, we just tell people to go to our site and buy the tickets from there.
- mseebach 12y agoNever mind that .com itself (as a household term) is all of 15 years old. Not exactly a geological timescale.
- blogimus 12y ago> Not exactly a geological timescale A. Humans don't live on a geological timescale B. .com TLD's are in the formidable first ~15 years of socializing the web the mass public.
- forgottenpass 12y agoWell, yes, some of it is that. But it's not just that. The programmers here should be familiar with the idea of namespace pollution. We only have one TLD space in the ICANN root and are discussing painting ourselves into a corner, tread lightly.