Well, I use Mickey$oft's Internet Explorer 3.02 on my Windows 95 OSR2.1
notebook. I tried hicomp.com, works like a champ, I tried adager.com,
didn't work. I tried aics-research.com, worked fine. I tried cnn.com
(Clinton News Network), worked fine, (and they do advertise it that way on
the tube.)
Kind regards,
Denys. . .
Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP America, Inc.
(800) 323-8863 (281) 288-7438 Fax: (281) 355-6879
[log in to unmask] www.hicomp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: F. Alfredo Rego [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, October 31, 1997 11:44 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Shortest URLs
Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Because a surprising number of people have asked for the same thing,
> Alan being the most recent, I took a few minutes and scanned the ad
> into our web page.
A while back, there was a discussion on trying to have the
shortest-possible URL to type into our browsers. After having SUCCESSFULLY
gone to Wirt's web site by typing just "aics-research.com" (I said, "why
not try that today?"), the thought came to type just "adager.com" and
PRESTO! I have not changed anything in Adager's DNS setup since those
HP3000-L discussions a long time ago (Neil Harvey was involved). But I
have certainly upgraded my version of Netscape. So, it appears that it is
a browser-dependent property.
I use Netscape Communicator 4.0.3 for the Macintosh PowerMac. Do you get
the same behavior from YOUR browser(s) on your platform(s)? It would be
interesting to see what is really going on.
Anyhow, this is great! I can now save thousands of keystrokes a year.
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| a | Manager, R & D Labs Fax 208 726-2822
| d | Adager Corporation
| A | Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000 U.S.A.
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