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Is there any advantage to naming web files index.html, aside
from the fact that you shorten URLs slightly? I suppose if
people edit the URL in the Address box on the browser, e.g. to
go back, then it's handy if each dir contains a viewable file,
rather than displaying a 404 or dir listing.
Is there any technical advantage to using .html or .htm, other
than that .html is more cool?
Are there other filenames that a browser will open if you
point it to a dir? I just tested it and index.html, index.htm,
and home.html can all be default files, with precedence in the
order I gave, where they are all in the same dir.
Any general comments on naming conventions for sites?
