[Gllug] HTTP CONNECT

[Daniel Andersson]

> > Ironically we have users that insist that there must be a www. infront
> > of the URL for our on-line services and can't get their heads around
> > the fact that there isn't. We've had some pretty irate people telling
> > us that www.xxx.yyy.com doesn't work and they just can't manage to type
> > xxx.yyy.com!!!
>
> Is _that_ why it's almost only .uk sites that require the www. prefix?
> It drives _me_ mad that I have to type the www to access them :)

well, think it's to do with incompetent people
most of the sites running php, perl, jsp or something similar usually seem
to know what they're doing, and therefore don't require www.
but if you go to a asp-site, then you are bound to be forced to type www.
that's my experience at least..

/ d


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