Neil Harvey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I've bookmarked it now, so I won't lose it again (until I re-install
>Win95 for the new 32bit File system, that is).

I thought reinstalling was a thing of the past (as ugly as doing database
reloads, which Adager obsoleted in 1978).  I see the curse continues :-)

Are you saying that Windows 95 is just now going to a 32-bit file system?
My Mac has been 32-bit clean since 1991 (or even before)...   And MPE since
1987...   Mmmm...   Just wondering about the future, about which some
people passively seem to have no choice :-)


>I have noticed a trend on the web where sites are starting to allow the
>www to be dropped - I think this is a good thing, since the www has
>become somewhat superfluous, not to mention difficult to say at dinner
>or in pubs.
>So for instance, we allow our clients to be addressed as either
>http://www.bankmed.co.za, or just http://bankmed.co.za
>Initially, it's probably important (and courteous) to keep both going.

Most modern browsers don't need the ugly "http://" part if the URL begins
with "www" (just as they don't need the ugly "ftp://" part if the URL
begins with "ftp").  By "modern browsers" I mean Netscape and its "me-too"
counterparts by the usual suspect :-)

If the choice boils down to dropping ONE of the two ("http://" or "www"), I
would vote for dropping "http://".

So, your clients can address you as simply www.bankmed.co.za, which I just
did.  Nice web site...  I just refused the setting of your cookie :-)

I know the excellent work you have done to integrate your web site with
information from your HP3000s.  Congratulations.  It looks (and performs)
very well.  It's great that you are now addressing the efficiency (and
aesthetic/diction) issues regarding the URL names.  I am 100% with you.  In
fact, you may have noticed in the newer Adager advertisements that I don't
say "http://www.adager.com" any more.  I simply say: "www.adager.com".
This is a significant trend.

Concisely yours,



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