Google wants to get rid of URLs but doesn’t know what to use instead

Re:Google wants to get rid of URLs but doesn’t know what to ... by ams6110 on Thursday September 06, 2018 @10:07AM (#17926370)

I don't think it makes sense. Most languages read left to right. The thing I'm most concerned with is what specific site I'm on. If I'm on facebook.com, the most important thing to me is "facebook", not "com". So it seems natural to me for that to be on the left.

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Re:Google wants to get rid of URLs but doesn’t know what to ... by rauhl on Thursday September 06, 2018 @10:16AM (#17926432)

The problem is that facebook.com.google-safe-pages.verizonmobile.evil-site.cn also displays the ‘facebook’ portion leftmost.

Also, due to the way DNS works you really are trusting ICANN, then the com registrar, then facebook (CAs add an overlay, but then CAs like Let’s Encrypt ultimately trust … DNS). Making that explicit would probably be a good thing (and might even be a first step towards a rootless, decentralised future).

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