Myles Chippendale said:
> As to the best way to pronounce "http://", I call it "", not least of all
> because Netscape doesn't require that you type it in. It guesses that bit,
> as I think most people would. Many adverts for web sites (the real cultural
> barometer of these things?) are now casually dropping the http://. But
> woe betide anyone who gets casual about their gopher addresses in the same
> way!
And woe betide anyone who makes extensive use of this shortcut when
http is replaced (e.g. by http-ng or iiop).
Any eLib printed materials should include the full address (IMHO).
Brian
PS IIOP is, I think, the InterORB Object Protocol. An object-oriented
protocol which can replace / complement HTTP. Netscape have
said that their browsers will have native support for IIOP.
PPS No, I don't know IIOP either.
PPPS I've heard URL pronounced earl. I also met an Estonian at a
conference who was making use of the "Veh Veh Veh".
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