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Kickstarter for a JavaScript top level domain (.js TLD)

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Re: Kickstarter for a JavaScript top level domain (.js TLD)

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Post by shellox »

duskwuff wrote: post #42
LaRakel wrote: post #6

Aren't two letter domains reserved for countries?

Indeed, they are. Relatedly, .pl and .pm (both extensions used for Perl code) are existing CCTLDs.

yep, I registered a .pm domain. I guess the most people haven't heard of Saint Pierre and Miquelon at all. Btw, the domains are still managed by the AFNIC.

Re: Kickstarter for a JavaScript top level domain (.js TLD)

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Post by shellox »

jarek-foksa wrote: post #14

What happened with .app TLD initiative? I remember they were collecting funds and even offered domain pre-registration, but now their website is down: http://dotappapp.com/

Duckduckgo showed me their twitter account and the website linked there is http://www.appextension.com/ ;)

Re: Kickstarter for a JavaScript top level domain (.js TLD)

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Post by podperson »

ojr wrote: post #59
ilikepi wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. Further, regarding this bit from the "Why?" section of the README: > Okay, this is kind of a vanity TLD, but we freaking build the web every day... Shouldn't we have a TLD that JS hackers control? Why are "JS hackers" being targeted specifically? Why not also Ruby, Python, PHP, .NET, and Perl hackers? Why not also HTML and CSS hackers? Why not also designers (.psd perhaps)? Why not dozens of new TLDs so that…

javascript is more of the lingua franca of the web

That's why I find it so helpful that I can translate javascript to English using Google translate!

Re: Kickstarter for a JavaScript top level domain (.js TLD)

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Post by docgnome »

kevincennis wrote: post #32
webXL wrote: post #4

I think this would only be worthwhile if you could do this:

The WHATWG should just introduce a new element that automatically pulls the latest version.

Not unless jquery is going to be absorbed into ECMAscript it shouldn't.

Re: Kickstarter for a JavaScript top level domain (.js TLD)

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Post by angrytapir »

blubbar wrote: post #5

This is extremely stupid. would it be mongodb.js? or mongodb.c++ mongodb.oss mongodb.foss mongodb.nosql or mongodb.webtwozeroishstuff ? We don't need more fragmentation. I guess the next thing they want after .biz is .cool .startup .awesome and .hip . This is not how TLDs (should) work!

> I guess the next thing they want after .biz is .cool .startup .awesome and .hip

.hipster

Re: Kickstarter for a JavaScript top level domain (.js TLD)

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Post by kellishaver »

techiferous wrote: post #37
debacle wrote: post #8

While it would be cool to have a .js TLD, that 200k would be better spent developing a system that doesn't revolve around a centralized entity to manage DNS.

Good point. Or that 200k would be better spent in an X Prize style contest for a better JavaScript web framework.

That was my first thought, too - $200k could fund the writing of a lot of really good JavaScript, which would benefit the JS community (and the web at large) a lot more than a vanity TLD.
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