[SpookyAction]

http:// equals port 80 and https:// equals port 443, the 2 ports web servers run on. Regardless of the subdomain, if you have http:// or https:// in a URL your getting a webserver. Having to specify www.whatever.com to reach the web server (i.e a website) is redundant, the URI takes care of that. Plus, the vast majority of people on the Internet don't understand protocols or the relevance of why websites start with www. When the concept of URI's and URL's were developed it was to deal with the myriad of protocols available on the early internet, the HTTP protocol was just one of many, but now that the World Wide Web is essentially the face of the Internet to the average user, I feel the tech community should adapt to the current situation and not force people to adopt our, somewhat outdated, standards. Browsers like Chrome just drop the http:// altogether now in the URL bar and the forward facing websites of organizations should drop www. too. I understand the DNS implications but it's trivial to drop the www. at the webserver level.