<p>is it working for anyone else, because it isnt for me (classof2009.cornell.edu)</p>
<p>it works for me</p>
<p>yeah nevermind, i kept putting in www, hehe</p>
<p>you FOOL!!! :p</p>
<p>i didn’t know such a website existed, cool. I’m not tech- savvy, you can call me FOOL too. but it brings me a ques. how do you know when to put in the www and when not to? I read somewhere there are other forms of internet domains other than WWW, like ftp or f something.</p>
<p>I read an article about this www stuff somewhere a while ago… it pretty much said that www really used to be the standard, but now that subdomains (i.e. something.cornell.edu) are used more, the “<a href=“http://www.”>www.</a>” at the beginning of web addresses is really just kind of tedious. Most sites will take both, but if one doesn’t work, just try the other. When you have a subdomain, you usually don’t use the www (I don’t know if you can at all?).</p>
<p>FTP = file transfer protocol. It’s a way of uploading/downloading files, (especially for large files or folders or something like that) but you’ll never have to browse a website through an FTP (in my experience). (Correct me if I’m wrong? I really only have a basic understanding of this stuff. I only know enough so I can use it. :))</p>
<p>right on robinage, ex. <a href=“http://housing.cornell.edu%5B/url%5D”>http://housing.cornell.edu</a> and <a href=“http://www.housing.cornell.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.housing.cornell.edu</a> both work</p>
<p>shawn you FOOL (happy?)</p>
<p>almost all web addresses start with “http://” but dont worry about that, you dont need to type that cause your browser knows you mean it ;)</p>
<p>yeah before the .com or .biz, or .co.uk, is the domain
<a href=“http://www.%5Bb%5Dcornell%5B/b%5D.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.cornell.edu</a> for example</p>
<p>www is the most common subdomain, but on cornell’s website, (we’ll stick with that example) there are subdomains like
admissions.cornell.edu
housing.cornell.edu
academics.cornell.edu
whatever.cornell.edu <-just kidding</p>
<p>so if its <a href=“http://blop.blaaaah.com%5B/url%5D”>http://blop.blaaaah.com</a>, you dont need “<a href=“http://www.”>www.</a>” before it all (and actually cant put it or it wont take you to the right site)</p>
<p>your browser probably automatically assumes the www if you put no subdomain (so you could type blaaaah.com and it would take you to <a href=“http://www.blaaaah.com%5B/url%5D”>www.blaaaah.com</a> without you asking for www.</p>
<p>i never thought this topic would get more than three posts. simply amazed.</p>
<p>well magnum you got more now. Wondering how some people like me got accepted to cornell. like robinage said, i only learn enough to use it. Must have been a mistake at the adcom. </p>
<p>I found out some browsers like IE assume the <a href=“http://housing.cornell.edu%5B/url%5D”>http://housing.cornell.edu</a> while some other third party ones don’t. </p>
<p>of course i knew about the typing http:// or even the www may not be necessary part. I watched enough people doing it both ways.</p>
<p>get firefox, its so much better than i.e.</p>
<p>no likey mozilla?</p>
<p>thank you ppl, I never heard about laptop tablets before this thread. I would use something almost as primitive as STONE tablets if i didn’t find out about the wondering electronical tablets. </p>
<p>I also know two other browsers, Maxthon and the World. Im using maxthon right now., how do these browsers compare . are those two named above FREE browser programs?</p>
<p>oops, forget the first paragraph in my above post, wrong thread. . Let’s discuss the best browsers. Since we’re hitting the technology territory, how many cornell students (the seven undergrad colleges) take notes on labtops/computers etc, how many take notes on paper notebooks with pencil?</p>
<p>99% of kids take notes on paper, because like 1% of kids bring their computer to class so I hear. I think it’s a good option though, and that having a tablet would make it easier. Computerized notes are far superior to paper ones in one aspect because they’re so easy to search through for a specific word.</p>
<p>In terms of browsers I love Mozilla Firefox. It’s “open source” which means there are lots of 3rd party plugins for it (plugin= mini add-on program) like a weather forcast bar, popup blocker, music jukebox controller, color eyedropper, etc… It’s also tabbed, so instead of having like 18 internet explorer windows at the bottom of your screen, you have tabs within the program for each window.</p>
<p>I don’t know about that Maxton (?) and World, but Firefox is definitely a very well-made browser, and it’s free. You can get it at <a href=“Mozilla’s products — Mozilla (US)”>Mozilla’s products — Mozilla (US); and it’s so much better than IE. The only thing is that I’ve found that some sound plugins for IE don’t work on Firefox (eg. background music on xanga.com), but that might just be because I don’t have the right Firefox plugin to make it work.</p>
<p>who wants to hear the same annoying track looped over and over as you read somebody’s 3000 word xanga entry though? On the bright side, the few plugins that dont work on firefox dont work because they prevent alot of spyware/virus stuff</p>