Retronym: computer website

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/20/2013 05:15 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:
>The natural retronym companion to the mobile website is the immobile website.
>Apologies in advance,
>Garson

I wondered about "stationary" ... but there are too many misuses
referring to paper (including computer "wallpaper" and signatures)
and some indication that the word has already been appropriated to
refer to something else about computing.

Desktop sounds suitable to me.  (While some laptops stay at home,
they could roam if unleashed.)

Joel


>On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 5:00 AM, Hugo Hugo <hugovk at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > A common term for a full-fat website, as opposed to a mobile site, is
> > "desktop site".
> >
> > Some examples:
> >
> > "Mobile | Desktop"
> > http://m.youtube.com/
> >
> > "Mobile [/] Desktop"
> > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/
> >
> > "Desktop site"
> > http://m.bbc.co.uk/
> >
> > "Desktop version"
> > http://m.guardian.co.uk/
> >
> > "View desktop version"
> > http://mobile.nytimes.com/
> >
> > "View Google in: Mobile | Classic"
> > http://www.google.com/
> >
> > "Classic site"
> > http://m.ebay.co.uk/
> >
> > "full site"
> > http://stackoverflow.com/
> >
> > "Exit the Mobile Edition (view the standard browser version)."
> > http://blog.stackoverflow.com/
> >
> > It doesn't really matter that you may use the desktop website on your
> > laptop, especially as my laptop is on the desk and my desktop is on
> > the floor.
> >
> > Hugo
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