Fw: Case sensitive url's are dumb, aren't they?

I sent this privately but decided I should have the courage to "bare" my
philosophical shortcomings for all to see ...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Temer" <temer(at)c-zone.net>
To: "Floyd Baker" <fbaker(at)olm1.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: Case sensitive url's are dumb, aren't they?


> Floyd:
>
> Alas--you too, have been spoiled by the evil ways of Microsoft.
>
> It sounds to me like your ISP might be running one of those Apache servers
> developed, not in the American Wild West as you would expect, but possibly
> in Asia Minor, running on machines, invented I believe, by the Ottoman
> Empire in either Mesopotamia or Persia, and called a "eunuch" or some
such.
> (Please, Capt. "O" -- I'm only kidding!)
>
> Removing the tongue from one's cheek, Unix servers is not the only example
> of case sensitive meanness in the web world. JavaScript for example is
also
> case sensitive. It is a good idea to develop the habit of checking for
this
> as it can cause you all kinds of grief in several areas.
>
> However--even on Apache servers case should only matter on the second
level
> below the domain name. As in:
>
> www.notcasesensitive.com/verycasesensitive.html
>
> That having been said, you can see where an image would fall into the case
> sensitive area. www.domain.com/images/imagename.gif
>
> I too have some software that defaults to upper case extensions but there
is
> an easy work-around in Windows, (and Mac too, I think). Just type the
whole
> file name, (including the extension). EX: filename.jpg - Most programs
will
> respect this extra effort and let you have your way.
>
> NOTE: The major exception to this is NotePad. It tends to put .txt on the
> end of anything you save in it. EX: filename.html.txt
> Sometimes you have to go to Windows Explorer and rename.
>
> Also, some FTP programs can be set to check for this case problem and many
> web editors allow Search and Replace to change .JPG to .jpg, etc. .
>
> I also find muttering under one's breath to be of spiritual benefit at
such
> times.
>
> Best wishes
> Ted Temer
> Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
> temer(at)c-zone.net
> www.temercraft.com/
> www.newsredding.com/
>
>
> >
> > Sorry if this is off topic as to html itself but I thought, 'cause it
was
> the
> > media in which it works, that it would be close enough?
> >
> > I have a new isp that is set up so a url has to be typed *exactly* as it
> is in
> > his server.  I mean, it you type Index instead of index, you won't get
the
> page.
> > I see this with directories, gifs, etc.   Everything has to match the
> calling
> > case...    Isn't that a bit dumb?   I'm probably not seeing the whole
> picture
> > here but the isp guy says everything should be done in lower case...
Sure
> > *would* solve everything if there *wasn't* another case to worry about,
> but net
> > fusion, etc. keeps throwing in that big stuff...
> >
> > Can someone shed some light on this so I don't blame my isp guy
unfairly.
> Why
> > is there case sensitivity and should it/can it be eliminated?
> >
> > Floyd Baker
> >
> >
> > --
> >
>

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