Sian

There is also a free Friendly Url Provider available from ifinity.com.au - this does more than the standard provider but less than the Url Master module.  It has no user interface and must be configured and installed manually, but will give you simpler Urls and allow you to insert hyphens into the name.

You can get it here:http://www.ifinity.com.au/Products/Fr...

For the record, it's not as simple as just inserting hyphens into the name.  You've also got to support all the existing installations out there and provide a redirect framework so that the existing URLs will work as well.  Then there's the issue of all the various third-party modules.  The iFinity Friendly Url Provider (and Url Master) do this, but from the more luxurious standpoint that they are an option for DNN site owners, not a requirement.  You can always go back to the standard provider if you want/need.  But for the core team to change the standard provider, they have to ensure that they don't break any of the 3 or 4 different Url schemes that have existed in the history of DNN.  Take it from me, that's a substantial challenge, and the stakes are very high. 

 

This is a pseudo-dilhemma, reminding me Microsoft compatibility.

You said it: "History". Exactly that. Those urls don't belong in 2011.