On Aug 5, 2012, at 10:06 PM, Evan Hunt wrote: > (For the record, though I'm open to being convinced otherwise, > my current preference is for a reserved generic namespace such > as ".local" and/or ".sitelocal", and *not* for ULA-style domains.)
i wasn't able to participate in this discussion because I had other business during homenet, but I'm a bit frustrated by this conclusion. Domains like .local seem like a good idea to geeks like us, but how many regular users ever use them? How many have a mental model of how naming works that would allow these domains to function for them? IMHO, we shouldn't promote bad solutions, and .local is a bad solution. Whether we come up with some way to leverage a ULA to present things sensibly in some UI is another question, but if we are trying to come up with a solution for geeks, why not come up with a _real_ solution, instead of the .local hack?
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