Linked List: November 11, 2004

Thursday, 11 November 2004

New ICANN Transfer Policy Not as Dumb as Previously Indicated 

Michael Moncur:

I think the panic is a bit overblown (and a bit late-where was everyone’s concern in July?). If you read the actual policy it makes a couple of things clear:

  1. This policy is for registrar transfers, not ownership transfers. It doesn’t make it any easier for a domain to be hijacked, except perhaps by a corrupt registrar.
  2. The gaining registrar is still required to confirm the transfer: A transfer must not be allowed to proceed if no confirmation is received by the Gaining Registrar.
Wanted by the Police: A Good Interface 

The New York Times reports that the police in San Jose are complaining about the terrible user-interface of the new Windows-based computers in their cars.

Writeboard Preview 

Sneak peak at 37signals’ upcoming web-based collaborative writing app.