Re: [cobalt-users] RE: uppercase / lowercase subdirectories

[SteelHead <brk@xxxxxxxx>]

> This seems like a double-edged sword to me. On one hand, it makes
> things very end-user-friendly; but on the other hand, it encourages
> them to not pay attention when typing in URLs. Also, I think that
> someone with a bit of curiosity would see this happen and just start
> typing in all kinds of things just to see what pages the server lists
> off for them - hoping they'll find something they're not supposed to
> see. And they might! How many of you, when testing something, make up
> a strange page name that nothing links to?

Been there, Done that, always will.

> <personal opinion>
> I wouldn't do it.

I still say teach them to be precise, I.V. or IV?  Intra-venous or four?
"close" but pretty deadly in the ambulance.

> I'd make a custom 404 page reminding the surfer to check their
> spelling, that everything is case-sensitive, and offering up the
> site's main menu so they can continue their navigation. Maybe echo
> what they had typed in, so that they really *look* at it, and maybe
> they'll see where their typo is.
> </personal opinion>
>
COOL idea!

Bill