On 10/4/05, Morbus Iff <morbus@disobey.com> wrote:
I just asked two people (my fiancee and my 18 year old sister to be specific) and both told me that a URL is a 'web address'. They didn't knew what a 'path alias' is, and could not place it either. Maybe it's a language thing, but in Belgium the acronym URL is understood by many people and almost as common as 'e-mail' or 'chat'.
Exactly right: a web address. Is "about" a web address? Cos that's what we're asking people to type in, not "http://drupal.org/about".
I would reiterate that we are not asking the user the enter a URL. The help text makes it clear (or should) that only a path is to be entered. The 'custom URL' is the the path by which the node will be accessed and IS a URL. That being said, I think the latest patch could use some improvement in the wording of the prompt text. I'll post my comments in the bug.