Re: Standard starting .wrl

brandon@avon.declab.usu.edu
Fri, 19 May 95 15:42:42 -0600

Chris Holt <Chris.Holt@newcastle.ac.uk> says:
< From: justin@dsd.camb.inmet.com (Mark Waks)
<> Sean suggests:
<>>I haven't seen a suggestion for this, but I suggest we standardize on
<>>http://host.domain.name/home.wrl for entry into a Web server's
<>>cyberspace.
<...
<> It might not be a bad idea, though, to extend this a little to say
<> that "home.wrl" is the normal default to look in within a directory.
<
< Is there something wrong with index.wrl? (or even index.vrml?) Does
< the server not know what kind of browser is looking for the world?
< [I don't know.]

index.wrl is ... bland, not to mention misleading (even with the web it is
misleading). VRML describes not only a colorful scene, but a "physical"
location (so to speak). Because of this you should name it something which
fits the realm (in this case VRML). Brainstorming:

doorstep.wrl
entrance.wrl

(ok, so it was more like a temporary cloudburst, but you get the idea ;)

-Brandon Gillespie-

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