Short URLs should be configured by default

Vincent, on the xwiki-dev mailing list:

Some user (Jerome Lacoste) has commented to me that XWiki URLs are a
bit too complex and should be simplified and cleaned as much as
possible. I agree with him.

Take for example: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome

Wouldn't it be nice is this was simplified to http://www.xwiki.org/Main/WebHome ?

This would mean view is the action by default.

Reply:

So, to summarize:

• /xwiki/ should be there in the default package, but we need to document how it can be removed if needed/wanted.
• /bin/ can be removed
• /view/ can be removed
• /edit/inline/viewrev/download ... can be replaced with something else, but I think they should stay there
• /files/ should be added for serving files on the local file system
• The code generating URLs should be modified.

Also, the default page ( www.somewiki.com/ ) should not redirect to /Main/WebHome, but to include the rendered content in the page.