Re: matching versus searching

[Robert Shaw <robert.shaw@itu.int>]

Jim Dixon wrote:
> 
> The idea is to build a simple directory system that sits above the
> DNS system.  To the user it looks like this:  if you are uncertain of
> the domain name, you put a question mark before your best guess (plus
> optional hints) of what the domain name might be.  The system returns
> a list of possible matches with enough additional data to help the
> user to select one.
> 

Jim,

In both the latest versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator,
placing a question mark before a partially qualified URL results in
a search and returns results for candidate sites. Therefore, it looks like 
the marketplace is building a solution through browser competition.

Robert
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