ICANN but can they really?
It was recently announced that ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) will be opening the book on tld’s but I’m really not sure that’s such a good idea.
For those that don’t know ICANN are basically the guys who regulate domain name extentions like .co.uk or .com and tld simply means top level domain.
When they open this tin of worms initially it will be a costly process so we may not see too much change straight away however, but imagine the cost to protects ones brand once the costs come down. You already have idiots running around buying up cool domain names and then trying to make their millions reselling those names. So what when theyhave unlimited possibilities.
Personally I’d like to see more restrictions on how people can get those names and more laws to make them hand em over for real reason. If they use the domain fine, but it annoys me when they buy these domains simple to put them on a drop page or use a page generator, you know those annoying search pages with only google ad’s or some other form of advertising. They contribute nothing to any society or anything on the web, they only server as an annoyance.
So in the future we could see domains ending in .msn, .england, .wales, .scotland, .ireland, or any amount of endless possibilities. Could you image E-mail addresses like jim@college.england
The thought of it is cool, but I just hope it’s done with caution I’d hate to see become harder for the small guy or gal to protect their business brand and label. It will become more costly for them protect their brands and labels for sure. .com .org. co.uk .info .net .ws .sc .ca .fr .de .es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and thousands more coming this way soon.
You can read more about this over at Yahoo
Firefox 3 – Back Button UI Annoyance
First of all this blog is thanks to Anders from http://www.andersramsay.com
I installed FireFox 3 and it was driving me nuts, there seemed to be no back button to go back several pages at once. So at first I was clicking and clicking until I was on the verge of going back to an older FireFox version. I did a quick google search after figuring out I couldn’t be the only one annoyed at this, it was then that I found anders website.
These snap shots are also taken from Anders website:
As you see in Firefox there is only one drop down next to the back and forward buttons, which implied to me that you could only go forward.
However as pointed out by Anders, this drop down allows you to back and forwards. It shows you which point you are at with the black dot next to the one your currently veiwing:
Personally I think this should be between the back and next buttons, but now I know it’s there I’m happy.
There are still a couple of other annoyances though, but on a whole I’m now happier with FireFox 3.
So once again, thanks Anders.
Victory For The Little People – DVLA And Philips Collection Services
Well finally some justice in this world. I should of wrote this on Friday but had other priorities to take care off.
I finally got a response from the DVLA telling me they were sorry for the inconvenience and would drop the case against me, freeing me from the penalty and to right too. I will also get some form of compensation not as much as the stress has caused, but perhaps enough to cover some of those basic expenses. There sending me a grand total of……………… **Drum roll**……………………… Are you sitting down?
£10, yup they are sending me £10 to compensate me.
I’m just happy there is some justice in this world.
If I get a chance then I’ll post there letter up here at some point (but I’m rather busy at the moment).