no-www
I finally gave in, and converted my website to no-www Class B. Have you always wondered why some times allow you to visit “http://domain.com” and “http://www.domain.com” but some redirect “http://domain.com” to “http://www.domain.com”? Some times REQUIRE you to type “www.” So if some sites can not require the “www.” prefix, why don’t they all just drop it? That’s the idea behind http://no-www.org.
By default, all popular Web browsers assume the HTTP protocol. In doing so, the software prepends the ‘http://’ onto the requested URL and automatically connect to the HTTP server on port 80. Why then do many servers require their websites to communicate through the www subdomain? Mail servers do not require you to send emails to recipient@mail.domain.com. Likewise, web servers should allow access to their pages though the main domain unless a particular subdomain is required.
Succinctly, use of the www subdomain is redundant and time consuming to communicate. The internet, media, and society are all better off without it.
They kind of lost me when they started talking about how society is better for this change, but hey, I certainly wouldn’t mind saving the keystrokes. And maybe this will stop the “www dot your mom is fat dot com” cyberbullies in our public schools. They hover around on Segways and shout insults like the one I just mentioned, in addition to such zingers as “your mom at is fat dot com.” Damn your eyes, cyberbullies!
Anyhow, my website is now Class B which means that if you go to a www page on my server, it will redirect you to the non-www version, and mutter something sarcastic under its breath. I practically feel four keystrokes lighter already.
