tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479662412540142871.post8402789081689532096..comments2023-10-26T00:47:03.652-07:00Comments on An Engineer in DC: The Internet Just Had Its Doors Blown OffTheEngineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06509880062494209346noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479662412540142871.post-12693769646204830742012-03-02T01:25:44.463-08:002012-03-02T01:25:44.463-08:00This is the biggest change to the internet's d...This is the biggest change to the internet's domain naming system since ".com" was introduced 26 years ago, which opened out the formerly academic and military system to commercial use.rem4vardhttp://www.mspy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479662412540142871.post-11617708928220402022011-07-17T08:28:37.129-07:002011-07-17T08:28:37.129-07:00I think the very idea of a URL itself is on its wa...I think the very idea of a URL itself is on its way to being quaint. This is an intriguing development, but it comes a little late. I think its shelf-life is limited. <br /><br />URL's are an example of what Donald Norman calls "hard" technologies: technology requirements to which the user must adapt. That complex set of numbers, letters, and symbols is necessary for the computer. It's not necessary for the satisfaction of the user. As we understand and develop hard technologies, however, we're replacing these interactions with the alternative soft tech adapted to the user's behavior. <br /><br />Look at phone numbers - you don't need to know many phone numbers anymore. These days we tell our phones to call people, not numbers. The phone handles that part for us. The only "hard" aspect remaining is the original number entry and even that is becoming softer with phones that can transfer contact details with a bump or read business cards in a photo. <br /><br />I expect URLs to go the same way. They are already beginning to do so with search engines integrated into address bars.<br /><br />The company branding opportunity the expanded domain names will provide will be useful while that process transitions but we're rapidly reaching a point where users do not need to know the URL as long as the computer knows it for them. A few years ago, expanded domain names would have been a much more interesting and useful development.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364005517115129831noreply@blogger.com