On Friday, Jul 18, 2003, at 10:49 US/Pacific, Barney Boisvert wrote: > Is www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion hard to remember? No, but it > might change to www.macromedia.com/software/servers/coldfusion next > week.
A better example is probably: http://www.macromedia.com/exchange/coldfusion/ That's a "public API" URL. We effectively promise not to change it. At one time, it redirected to http://devex.macromedia.com/developer/gallery/ (I think) which in turn invoked a CF page. Now it redirects to http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?view=sn110 (I think it's sn110 - I'm doing this from memory). We have a whole set of high-level, memorable URLs that will never change. In fact, we've supported some "API" URLs for many years that have *never* been real filesystem URLs. They're a convenience for users. URL abstractions can be a really good thing. Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
