[Zope] Naming files with a dot

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 10:25:23AM -0700, James Punteney wrote:
> Is there a problem with naming a page using a period instead of the under 
> score as in "index.html" instead of "index_html".

Yes; it's poor user-interface architecture.  See below.

>                                                     I'm just thinking for 
> somebody typing in the url the dot is the normal way and provides one less 
> thing to remember.

Are you under the mistaken apprehension that _anyone_ _ever_ types
"index.html" unless they're a) told to, or b) trying to be clever and
look for a directory without one?

No one should ever have to type the name of an "HTML file", IMAO -- not
that there's such a thing anyway.  In a traditional server environment,
this would imply that there was no "index.html" -- which would mean
that people could see lists of raw files that you might not want them
to see -- probably not a Good Thing.

Remember, knowing how to build a building is good.  Being an architect
is more difficult, but also more important.

Cheers,
-- jra
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