From: Michiel Toneman (michiel@apenstaartje.nl)
Date: Sun Jun 02 2002 - 16:28:07 EDT
On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 18:33, Alan Horkan wrote:
>
> > That's the most annoying and broken thing about dos based web server,
> > case insensitivity. Why should a and A be the same character? That's
> > stupid.
>
> It is useful feature for a unix filesystem, and enviroments where the
> benifit of ease of use is outweighed by a greater namespace. I am not
> suggesting case sensitivity is not a useful feature but it is a broken
> feature for a webserver. Tim Berners Lee designed http links to be it
> case insensitve, it makes it sooo much easier and is a damned good idea in
> that particular context.
>
> i dont know why i dont just totally ignore all email from you, even if it
> is not deliberate you manage to consistantly piss me off.
>
Hey, just /dev/null him with procmail if you don't want to hear from
him... No need to get snooty and personal on a public mailing list when
someone doesn't agree with your (IMHO unjustified and silly) rant.
Case insensitivity creates a horrid ambiguity in filenaming. Tim did NOT
design links to be case insensitive. Microsoft consistently creates
ambiguous namespaces in filenaming schemes, creating all sorts of nasty
gotchas.
> could the developers who work on the website and actually care about it
> being easy to use please consider this (or tell me what i need to do to
> fix it when i have time).
I'm sure the developers who work on the website 'care' about usability,
nice attitude there...
Michiel Toneman
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