On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, John Kirriemuir wrote:
> Gave up doing the http:// part a while ago (taking the small risk of
> confusion with a gopher-based resource) as newer versions of Netscape put
> the http:// part in by default, if you don't stick something in yourself.
> Haven't tried this in other browsers yet.
X Mosaic 2.7b5 slips in "http://" as well if you _forget_ to include the
access protocol. But I wouldn't encourage people to use it as a matter
of course.
> ps Watched a set of 9 adverts in a commercial break on ITV the other night
> and 7 of them had the URLs of their organisation at the end; thought this
> was groovy (though it didn't encourage me one iota to open the bank
> account/buy the car/buy the fizzy drink mentioned at all :-).
Yeah. I noticed the other night that Channel 4 have started putting
their base URL in their little promos between programmes. Obviously for
sad anoraks like me who watch TV in the office in the evenings whilst
sitting at their workstations... :-)
Tatty bye,
Jim'll
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