[X4U] How big is a DVD really? -> www-prefix

B. Kuestner kuestner at macnews.de
Wed Nov 22 09:06:16 PST 2006


> Yes, but its caught on in popular use as well as using "web" to  
> replace "www" at the beginning of just about every URL in the  
> world. Regardless of how much better (just think how much easier it  
> is to say "web" than W-W-W), it just hasn't caught on.

Worse than that, the www is actually not needed in the first place.  
Go to http://apple.com or http://ibm.com. But people (and some  
browsers) often believe that www is necessary for a valid URI.

Björn



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