Is "www." deprecated?

Luden · Mar 25, 2003

Is "www." appreciated?

GhettoFob · Mar 25, 2003

Is "www." decapitated?

ThisIsMatt · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by: Luden
Is "www." appreciated?

deprecated.

Why do you ask that?

ThisIsMatt · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by: GhettoFob
Is "www." decapitated?

Deprecated.
Go here.

wicktron · Mar 25, 2003

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=585504

Morph · Mar 25, 2003

Are you using this word like "depreciate"? Your question does not make any sense. Please elaborate.

Edit: Nevermind, that thread clears it up.

Mark R · Mar 25, 2003

Is "www." deprecated?

Some people think so. You should use 'web.' instead - rolls off the tongue much more easily.

Some forward thinking organisations have already implemented this: e.g. http://web.icq.com

godmare · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by: wixt0r
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=585504

link!
Just had to, text adresses are such a pita.
Some websites require that 'www.' be entered before the address

Different protocols of some sort, I guess.
So, I don't think it will be eliminated in urls anytime soon, no.

FeathersMcGraw · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by: godmare

link!
Some websites require that 'www.' be entered before the address Different protocols of some sort, I guess.

The idea that you shouldn't have to type "http://" or even "www." is a client-side enhancement for user laziness. Being able to map an entire domain to a single machine is useful only for hobbyists who won't ever have to support separate boxes to do load distribution (one web application to many boxes) or service segregation (one service for web, one for news, one for mail, etc.)

"www." is not deprecated because "www." was never a standard in the first place, except perhaps by convention.

SagaLore · Mar 25, 2003

Is "www." constipated?

djheater · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw

Originally posted by: godmare

link!
Some websites require that 'www.' be entered before the address Different protocols of some sort, I guess.

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The idea that you shouldn't have to type "http://" or even "www." is a client-side enhancement for user laziness. Being able to map an entire domain to a single machine is useful only for hobbyists who won't ever have to support separate boxes to do load distribution (one web application to many boxes) or service segregation (one service for web, one for news, one for mail, etc.)

"www." is not deprecated because "www." was never a standard in the first place, except perhaps by convention.

For the love of god and all that's holy please stop saying DEPRECATED when you mean DEPRECIATED which is the wrong word as well, you should be saying devalued or meaningless.

BTW I agree wholly with feathers (accept for his misuse of deprecated of course

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Whisper · Mar 25, 2003

BTW I agree wholly with feathers (accept for his misuse of deprecated of course )

Well I mean, as long as you're correcting grammer shouldn't you be using "except" instead of "accept?"

Heh sorry, had to do it

But I personally don't have a problem typing www., nor would I care if it disappeared. Whee.

FeathersMcGraw · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by: djheater

For the love of god and all that's holy please stop saying DEPRECATED when you mean DEPRECIATED which is the wrong word as well, you should be saying devalued or meaningless.

djheater, you ignorant slut.

One entry found for deprecate.
Main Entry: dep·re·cate
Pronunciation: 'de-pri-"kAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -cat·ed; -cat·ing
Etymology: Latin deprecatus, past participle of deprecari to avert by prayer, from de- + precari to pray -- more at PRAY
Date: 1628
1 a archaic : to pray against (as an evil) b : to seek to avert <deprecate the wrath ... of the Roman people -- Tobias Smollett>
2 : to express disapproval of
3 a : PLAY DOWN : make little of <speaks five languages ... but deprecates this facility -- Time> b : BELITTLE, DISPARAGE <the most reluctantly admired and least easily deprecated of ... novelists -- New Yorker>
- dep·re·cat·ing·ly /-"kA-ti[ng]-lE/ adverb
- dep·re·ca·tion /"de-pri-'kA-sh&n/ noun

Unfortunately, the above definition doesn't include the definition used in technical circles, which is to denote that a practice (such as use of an API) is obsolesced by a newer one and should be avoided in the future or removed entirely.

djheater · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw

djheater, you ignorant slut.

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That's between me and the goats

And I KNEW I was gonna make some dumb mistake like the accept\except thing.

It's a nice glass house I live in, I enjoy the view.

(I also always screw up thier\their)

Zim Hosein · Mar 25, 2003

"www: is entrenched

ATLien247 · Mar 25, 2003

deprecated

Said of a program or feature that is considered obsolescent
and in the process of being phased out, usually in favour of a
specified replacement. Deprecated features can,
unfortunately, linger on for many years. This term appears
with distressing frequency in standards documents when the
committees writing the documents realise that large amounts of
extant (and presumably happily working) code depend on the
feature(s) that have passed out of favour.

See also dusty deck.

Source: Jargon File 4.2.0

djheater · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by: ATLien247

deprecated

Said of a program or feature that is considered obsolescent
and in the process of being phased out, usually in favour of a
specified replacement. Deprecated features can,
unfortunately, linger on for many years. This term appears
with distressing frequency in standards documents when the
committees writing the documents realise that large amounts of
extant (and presumably happily working) code depend on the
feature(s) that have passed out of favour.

See also dusty deck.

Source: Jargon File 4.2.0

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English is a wonderfully rich and dynamic language, isnt it?

rh71 · Mar 25, 2003

ctrl-enter in IE after entering a domain name (without the .com) ... you all need to know this.

tkdkid · Mar 25, 2003

It took me forever to convince my wife that she doesn't have to type in http:// for every single address. I use the above method (ctrl-enter) for everything..makes my life easier.

rh71 · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by: tkdkid
It took me forever to convince my wife that she doesn't have to type in http:// for every single address. I use the above method (ctrl-enter) for everything..makes my life easier.

Also makes using any browser other than IE... not worth it.

FoBoT · Mar 25, 2003

you guys are goobers

its a DNS thing

you can setup your DNS for a site to include www. or not
smart people have both in their DNS, dumb people don't

this is neato

eplebnista · Mar 26, 2003

Originally posted by: FoBoT
you guys are goobers

its a DNS thing

you can setup your DNS for a site to include www. or not
smart people have both in their DNS, dumb people don't

this is neato

ThisIsMatt · Mar 26, 2003

Originally posted by: eplebnista

Originally posted by: FoBoT
you guys are goobers

its a DNS thing

you can setup your DNS for a site to include www. or not
smart people have both in their DNS, dumb people don't

this is neato

Click to expand...

nef++...

Confused · Mar 26, 2003

You know what would be cool.

If you could type in just the domain name without any http://, www. or .com's, and it will find it.

Oh look, my browser (Phoenix) does that! And it even uses Google to search if it can't find it straight away!

It (along with IE) is also able to allow you to press Ctrl-Enter, and it will fill in the http://www. and the .com to it for you!

Confused

Is "www." deprecated?

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