For some users, I can see where Verisign's sitefinder might be helpful. But thats not the point. When you make a drastic change to a fundamental Internet service, such as the change Verisign made to DNS with the introduction of their Sitefinder service, it can and did have an adverse affect on the Internet (as several other/.ers have pointed out). Verisign argues that they were trying to innovate, help people. The bottom line is that while there service may have helped some people with fat fingers, Verisign took it upon themselves to modify a fundamental service of the Internet without going through the proper channels (ICANN). I think innovation can be a good thing, but in doing so a company such as Verisign should not be able to make changes that could potentially have an adverse affect on the entire Internet. If you want to innovate, I say innovate browsers, that is, leave the autosearch features in the browsers, and give the users more autosearch options. Personally, if I mistype a domain name or type a nonexistent domain, I like to see some kind of error message. I think by default, all browsers should return an error message. For those people who have trouble typing correct the URLs, let them change their browser configuration to do an autosearch.
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For some users, I can see where Verisign's sitefinder might be helpful. But thats not the point. When you make a drastic change to a fundamental Internet service, such as the change Verisign made to DNS with the introduction of their Sitefinder service, it can and did have an adverse affect on the Internet (as several other /.ers have pointed out). Verisign argues that they were trying to innovate, help people. The bottom line is that while there service may have helped some people with fat fingers, Verisign took it upon themselves to modify a fundamental service of the Internet without going through the proper channels (ICANN). I think innovation can be a good thing, but in doing so a company such as Verisign should not be able to make changes that could potentially have an adverse affect on the entire Internet. If you want to innovate, I say innovate browsers, that is, leave the autosearch features in the browsers, and give the users more autosearch options. Personally, if I mistype a domain name or type a nonexistent domain, I like to see some kind of error message. I think by default, all browsers should return an error message. For those people who have trouble typing correct the URLs, let them change their browser configuration to do an autosearch.
Under 50 bucks... 50 bucks? heheh