Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL
by pvorb on Thursday September 06, 2018 @08:39PM
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Yes, it would be nice if every child would learn these basics in school.
Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL
by friendzis on Friday September 07, 2018 @07:17AM
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Which would be called computer literacy. I find it both awesome and terrifying that people can successfully do jobs that require working on a computer and still be computer illiterates. Awesome in a sense that it illustrates how good computer interfaces actually are and terrifying in a sense that in any profession with heavy machinery a person with a solution "adjust switches and dials until something happens" would be told to immediately vacate the place for safety reasons.
Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL
by eecc on Friday September 07, 2018 @03:55AM
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Yes, learning to be good consumers is way more important than basic skills such as maths, reading, writing and general critical thinking /s
Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL
by krotton on Friday September 07, 2018 @05:53PM
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We do teach kids not to talk to strangers in the street and consider it quite important, I think. What's so much different about teaching them how not to get robbed on-line? It's not about being a good consumer, but about minding your own feet.
However, teach users to read domain names! If users do not grasp the general concept, e.g., if the supposed identity is just "example" (possibly with some decoration considered insignificant) and not "example.com", how are they supposed to survive? Domains have been around for more than a quarter of a century, the Internet is actually part of our lives… There is no excuse, and there is no sense in pretending that there was no harm in not understanding the basics. That said, there are real ambiguities that have to be addressed.