[Mimedefang] OT: www. and "lazy users" (was Re: DNS and MX records)

[WBrown at e1b.org]

Kelson <kelson at speed.net> wrote on 05/15/2006 01:41:17 PM:

> The only real use for the www. prefix is as a visual cue indicating that
> the address refers to a website.  It's shorter and more aesthetically
> pleasing than http://  It's certainly not easy in speech.  "double-u
> double-u double-u dot example dot com" takes a lot longer to say than
> just "example dot com."  And let's not even start with "H T T P colon 
> double-slash..."

I gotta say the www. is more pleasing the HTTP:// and it's shorter too. 
Four keystrokes (three of them on the same key) vs. seven.