World Wide Web's inventor apologises for http:// - Polidicks

who the hell cares? the way I see it, they aren't much of a hassle, and they're unnecessary. so where the "hassle"

I just type the site and use control+enter, so I don't mind the slashes

Anything that confuses the general public (people who use MSN and go on facebook/email) is fine with me.

A hassle? // Wasn't hard. Never had to use shift or anything.

The owner of the internet, all praise!

[QUOTE=Mister Royzo;17827954]He's acting like it's a huge deal. I've never heard anyone being bothered by // and it's certainly never bothered me.[/QUOTE] When you talk about a such big thing as the internet, small things really can make a change.

I like the // to seperate it, makes it easier

// that took me less than a second WASTED TIME I COULD HAVE HAD A GIRLFRIEND BY NOW :frown:

psh who types things before their websites.

http:google.com Just looks strange.

should've made backslashes

I prefer the way we have right now. It really fucks me off when people are like "OMG change the internet" - It's not broken, don't fix it.

I prefer utube because it's shortest!

Daddy of the internet.

[QUOTE=Teh Zip File;17833917]The // has never annoyed me. Why would you even type in [url]http://?[/url] Just type in [url]www.sitehere.com[/url] and it works. [editline]06:02PM[/editline] Huh. That's a real website...[/QUOTE] Not only is that a real website, it looks like it was created just after Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the www. :ohdear:

[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;17837956]http:google.com Just looks strange.[/QUOTE] Looks like http is the website and google.com is the port

[url]www.com[/url]

It's pretty much the last bastion of idiot defense.

I don't even have to type a full web address, in chrome I can type fa, press the down key to select [url]http://www.facepunch.com[/url] and hit enter. Then again, I can just click the link on the home screen.

[QUOTE=Deadollie;17846886]I prefer the way we have right now. It really fucks me off when people are like "OMG change the internet" - It's not broken, don't fix it.[/QUOTE] You aren't the ones who have to maintain it...

htttp://www.google.com Looks better...

[QUOTE=Keegs;17849734]htttp://www.google.com Looks better...[/QUOTE] http, now with an extra t.

I thought CERN invented the net..[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_World_Wide_Web[/url] There we go

[QUOTE=smurfy;17827613][url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8306631.stm[/url] www. is more annoying because it's completely unnecessary but everyone thinks you have to type it.[/QUOTE] [url]http://vector.co.jp/[/url] [url]http://www.vector.co.jp/[/url] I prove you wrong

I saw "World Wide Web's inventor..." from the main page and thought it was "is dead".

[QUOTE=Themage;17854206]I thought CERN invented the net..[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_World_Wide_Web[/url] There we go[/QUOTE] This guy worked for CERN.

One day, around a year ago, I opened a website that had a link to every site on the internet. I don't type it in, I scroll down to F, navigate to Facepunch, and click.

[QUOTE=nicatronTg;17855957]One day, around a year ago, I opened a website that had a link to every site on the internet. I don't type it in, I scroll down to F, navigate to Facepunch, and click.[/QUOTE] That sounds time consuming, lazy, and stupid.

Speaking of slashes, I can't stand it when people confuse a forward slash ( / ), with a backslash ( \ ) and say i'm the wrong one, while i'm politely trying to correct them so they don't look like a jackass the next time they make the same mistake.

http:// looks so much nicer than http: though.