diff --git a/basics/README.md b/basics/README.md
index 82e35e06..31f0da71 100644
--- a/basics/README.md
+++ b/basics/README.md
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ cargo run
 
 ### web client
 
-- [http://localhost:8080/index.html](http://localhost:8080/index.html)
-- [http://localhost:8080/async/bob](http://localhost:8080/async/bob)
+- [http://localhost:8080/index.html](http://localhost:8080/index.html) - open welcome.html
+- [http://localhost:8080/async/bob](http://localhost:8080/async/bob) - display "Hello bob!"
 - [http://localhost:8080/user/bob/](http://localhost:8080/user/bob/) plain/text download
 - [http://localhost:8080/test](http://localhost:8080/test) (return status switch GET or POST or other)
-- [http://localhost:8080/static/index.html](http://localhost:8080/static/index.html)
-- [http://localhost:8080/static/notexit](http://localhost:8080/static/notexit) display 404 page
+- [http://localhost:8080/static/welcome.html](http://localhost:8080/static/welcome.html) - open welcome.html
+- [http://localhost:8080/notexit](http://localhost:8080/notexit) - display 404 page
diff --git a/basics/static/index.html b/basics/static/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index e59e13f1..00000000
--- a/basics/static/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<meta charset="utf-8" />
-<html>
-<head>
-<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js">
-</script>
-  <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
-    $(function() {
-      var conn = null;
-      function log(msg) {
-        var control = $('#log');
-        control.html(control.html() + msg + '<br/>');
-        control.scrollTop(control.scrollTop() + 1000);
-      }
-      function connect() {
-        disconnect();
-        var wsUri = (window.location.protocol=='https:'&&'wss://'||'ws://')+window.location.host + '/ws/';
-        conn = new WebSocket(wsUri);
-        log('Connecting...');
-        conn.onopen = function() {
-          log('Connected.');
-          update_ui();
-        };
-        conn.onmessage = function(e) {
-          log('Received: ' + e.data);
-        };
-        conn.onclose = function() {
-          log('Disconnected.');
-          conn = null;
-          update_ui();
-        };
-      }
-      function disconnect() {
-        if (conn != null) {
-          log('Disconnecting...');
-          conn.close();
-          conn = null;
-          update_ui();
-        }
-      }
-      function update_ui() {
-        var msg = '';
-        if (conn == null) {
-          $('#status').text('disconnected');
-          $('#connect').html('Connect');
-        } else {
-          $('#status').text('connected (' + conn.protocol + ')');
-          $('#connect').html('Disconnect');
-        }
-      }
-      $('#connect').click(function() {
-        if (conn == null) {
-          connect();
-        } else {
-          disconnect();
-        }
-        update_ui();
-        return false;
-      });
-      $('#send').click(function() {
-        var text = $('#text').val();
-        log('Sending: ' + text);
-        conn.send(text);
-        $('#text').val('').focus();
-        return false;
-      });
-      $('#text').keyup(function(e) {
-        if (e.keyCode === 13) {
-          $('#send').click();
-          return false;
-        }
-      });
-    });
-</script>
-</head>
-<body>
-<h3>Chat!</h3>
-<div>
-  <button id="connect">Connect</button>&nbsp;|&nbsp;Status:
-  <span id="status">disconnected</span>
-</div>
-<div id="log"
-     style="width:20em;height:15em;overflow:auto;border:1px solid black">
-</div>
-<form id="chatform" onsubmit="return false;">
-  <input id="text" type="text" />
-  <input id="send" type="button" value="Send" />
-</form>
-</body>
-</html>
