index vs. default html/htm

.oO(dwebber)

Ever since learning HTML and web building tools, I was taught to use index.
html for my main page. Now, in my new job, the network administrator says we
have a Microsoft webserver that requires the first page to be default.htm. I
seem to remember there once was a definitive argument on using html vs. htm,
but what about index vs. default?

Who cares?
Use what the server needs and link to the directory, so the filename
simply doesn't matter.

Is there a preference over one or the other
these days?

Depends on the server configuration.

Does the Microsoft server really require default? Will I have to
change my ways (sigh!)?

It could also be wurstbrot.hdml, if the admin had a bad day ...

Micha