[PATCH 1/2] urls: Move 'help/about' to 'about'

Daniel Axtens dja at axtens.net
Mon Nov 7 10:32:11 AEDT 2016


Hi,

>> A few questions:
>> 
>>  - You mentioned this is the standard URL: are you referring to a
>>    particular standard, or to a looser convention?
>
> I'm sure someone's drafted an RFC for this at some point, heh. However, 
> I'm referring to the convention of most of the websites I visit 
> regularly.

Well I see your informal convention and I raise you my own:
Tim Berners-Lee's "Cool URIs don't change":
https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html

>>  - Is there any benefit to changing this apart from moving towards a
>>    more standard URL?
>
> Mainly cleaner/less code, which was the initial objective of this. I do 
> think displaying the pwclient info on the project page is a UX 
> improvement, though I'm biased.

I agree that the pwclient info is unduly difficult to find, I'm just not
sure that this is the best way to do it.

Regards,
Daniel


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