[Web4lib] city swallows library website

[Leo Robert Klein]

Dan Lester wrote:

>    
>    >For an example of absolute hell in unusable URLs, point your browser to:
> 
>    >http://cityofchicago.org
> 
>    >Then click on any of the links.
> 
> Well, did they take lessons from ALA and take it a step further?  
>Or did ALA use Chicago as a model?
> After all, we know where ALA lives.....
> 


They did it to be "first in the nation" in length of URL.  As you can
see most of the content is taken up in those strings.  The actual pages
are pretty light.

The mayor probably designed it himself.  Can't wait till the site hits
Archive.org.

LEO


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