i just heard that in the near future they are no longer gonna have the "www" for when you go to websites?
2007-01-30 01:04:12 · 10 answers · asked by Dee Dee 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
It's up to each website designer whether they want a www at the start of their address. Note for example that Yahoo answers doesn't have one: it is answers.yahoo.com without any www.
The original purpose of the www was to distinguish the web part of the site from the other functions such as e-mail etc, but it's a bit redundant now.
2007-01-30 01:17:48 · answer #1 · answered by Gnomon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not used www in almost a year. If you have the google or yahoo toolbar, you can check the box, so that it will go into the address bar without www, or .com..good luck..
2007-01-30 09:10:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, 'answers.yahoo.com' kind of answers that by itself!
Websites no longer have to start with 'www' but not heard of anything that will mean they cannot start with 'www'. If they did then there would be a lot of big and powerful companies p***d off by losing their URLs. Would you fancy facing the wrath of www.ibm.com, www.hp.com, www.dell.com and www.sun.com when you're using (probably) their kit to run the web?
2007-01-30 09:12:19 · answer #3 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure if it will become officially extinct or not. Most of the time, you can skip the "www" part when typing something into a browser and it goes that web site automatically already.
Try it.
Jas
2007-01-30 09:08:50 · answer #4 · answered by JasSays 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The web address for my office has never had the "www". It's not that unusual.
2007-01-30 09:12:33 · answer #5 · answered by Shannon D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO No, sorry, whatever you just 'heard' was nonsense!
Why are so many people answering this who have no idea what that 'www' is?!
2007-01-30 09:17:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the www is still there, but your browser understands that you would have typed that in, so it will fill it in for you. so in essence, you dont need to.
2007-01-30 09:12:54 · answer #7 · answered by swatthefly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
havent heard that
2007-01-30 09:11:43 · answer #8 · answered by plumber local union 102 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-01-30 09:07:33 · answer #9 · answered by fallinglight 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its about god damn time
because you dont need that damn thing
AND EVERYONE STILL TYPES IT!!
2007-01-30 09:11:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋