[plug] [OT] idea for a 'new? domain naming concept

[Chris Caston]

This would be kind of like palm graffiti where each "shape", that you
draw in the silkscreen, is registered as a character.

You would have a little panel like a "silkscreen" in the navigation bar
on your web browser.

To get to a particular website you would only need  a input device to
draw symbol on the "silkscreen". If you wanted to go to the website for
Target (http://www.target.com.au/) you just draw a picture of a circle
with a solid dot in the middle. To get to the main website for the
Debian project (http://www.debian.org/) you draw the Debian Swirl
(http://www.debian.org/logos/openlogo-nd-50.png)

Get this. There is a DNS-like naming system for these and there are
central registries.

When you want to use a particular "shape" for your IP you must register
just like you would a domain name.

You could also use this in corporate LANs' where users could use a input
device to draw a character on the silkscreen when they needed to access
a particular machine. This could speed-up and and simplify choosing
which domain to log into if they need to choose from a significant
number of them. 

The advantages for this as "domain name like" usage are ten fold when
you consider globalisation, continued international technical
development and last but not least the introduction of IPv6.

People all around the world, regardless of language, will be able to
access a website by just drawing its symbol.Businesses will love this
and race to register their logos and trademarks.

I do not recommend allowing people to define their own symbols or even
have them predefined by local software as I have seen already.
(http://www.sensiva.com/symbolcommander/)

This will ensure that you can go to any computer and draw the same
symbol to access the same website.

Please tell me if this exists already!

regards,

Chris Caston
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