Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL

Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL by Matheus28 on Thursday September 06, 2018 @07:06PM (#17930415)

There is an actual (small) reason for the existence of "www" nowadays. You cannot have a CNAME record for the domain apex (example.com). Many dns providers implement a workaround by resolving the CNAME record into A/AAAA records when queried.

https://serverfault.com/questions/613829/why-cant-a-cname-re...

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Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL by vidarh on Friday September 07, 2018 @05:10AM (#17932864)

You can but it prevents you from having other records there, which includes things like an MX record. Just a nitpick, as in practice that prevents most people from being able to use a CNAME on the apex.

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Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL by sofaofthedamned on Sunday September 09, 2018 @06:00PM (#17948019)

I upvoted you because you're correct - it's a failing of the system.

My original point still stands though - we used to use 'http://' and 'http://www.' as a signal that this was a web address. I cannot believe this will still stand in 5 years time. The default is now the domain name, not the phone number.

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Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL by wonks on Thursday September 06, 2018 @09:18PM (#17931178)

Something that I was struggling with just today. Of all the days to update Chrome... At first I thought my redirect was broken.

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Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL by sofaofthedamned on Thursday September 06, 2018 @07:12PM (#17930447)

Another good point, I forgot about that - thank you.

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