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The middle one is the "careless" one. The others were included for context. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rytlewski, Jamie [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 10:37 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] www. required on URLs? > > I wouldn't call the last example as careless. I would call > it the right way if you want to make sure all your sessions > and cookies all work on a single domain such as > www.opm.msu.edu. Look at how facebook does it. You type in > http://facebook.com and it redirects you to > http://www.facebook.com and twitter does the opposite. You > type in http://www.twitter.com and you are redirected to > http://twitter.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Wolf [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 10:33 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] www. required on URLs? > > And for an example of what happens when the webmaster gets > careless about this, look at: > http://www.ent.msu.edu/ > and > http://ent.msu.edu/ > and > http://opm.msu.edu/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brian Hoort [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 10:20 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [MSUNAG] www. required on URLs? > > > > I remember a time in the early nineties when "www." was > > practically required > > on all URLs. E.g. http://www.msu.edu, not http://msu.edu. > > These days > > sites almost universally work with or without it. I notice > > that the MSU home page works both ways, as does my college > > and department sites, and all corporate sites I can think of. > > Interestingly the MSU Library still requires this. > > http://lib.msu.edu does not work. > > > > In general, what is the feeling out there on this? From a > > usability standpoint, do you think this is just webmaster > > preference, or is this considered "broken" these days? > > > > Brian Hoort > > Computer Service > > Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Michigan State University > > 517-355-4701 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > Skype: brian_hoort > > > > > >