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It doesn't sound right, with this logic DNS would be useless. Even if I use search engine to reach most websites, the domain name remains an effective way to di

• jp555 12y ago
  I mean that if I'm physically with someone talking with our mouths about a domain address and one wants to visit said address, 99.9999% of time the result is: "Cool, text/email/tweet/etc me that link".
  • jfoster 12y ago
    Is that because so many domains have become obscure due to the huge .com demand? If there is now a plethora of easily-communicated TLDs around, that ought to result in more memorable URLs. To illustrate that point, would you ask someone to send you the link if they had mentioned "shop.com"? What if it were "book.shop" or "teddybear.store"?
    • jp555 12y ago
      I think its because most people have a browser in their pocket at all times. Why would I write it down for you when I can just text you a clickable URL? I have a smartphone within a few feet of me much more often than pen & paper.
  • bentcorner 12y ago
    That's the happy path. Sometimes a site gets brought up in conversation, (hey, I found this site called HN with a bunch of neat tech information on it), and it's just not important enough to stop the flow of conversation right then and there. Later while you're looking in the fridge you realize, hey, that actually was sort of interesting. What was that site again? hn.com? hacker.news? What's this ycombinator thing, that can't be right.