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Re: Generality of HTTP

• To: "'The Deviants'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: Generality of HTTP
• From: Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn@r...>
• Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 02:52:41 -0500
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• Organization: Red Bridge Interactive, Inc.
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On Friday 25 January 2002 04:13 pm, Paul Prescod wrote:
> People do not see the web architecture because we are like fish
> trying to see the water. One of the TAG's jobs is to make the water
> visible. 

Wow. I always thought you should try *not* to expose technology to 
people.... and instead do things in a way natural to them.

> But even my mother knows that you cannot use the web
> without using URIs. 

My wife doesn't... nor do my children... nor does my neighbour for 
that matter.

For many people, it seems to have have just become part of the 
background... they use it, but seldom think about it.

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