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Don't make case-dependent URLs that humans have to type by hand.


Soft disagree. There's generally nothing wrong with case-sensitive URLs when they're rendered in a font that makes commonly confused characters easily distinguishable. The only problem I can see is when you have to speak such URLs.


eh cap bee cap cee dee eee eff gee is aBCdefg


Sure. It's not an insurmountable problem. ;)




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