Re:Making Games with Kotlin
by marban on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @04:29AM
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On a side, side note — Are those funky TLDs really widely supported/interpreted as links when not using http in main-stream apps (Mail or even browsers)?
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Worse, everything.anything is now treated as a domain, leading to accidentally trying to browse when watching to search for dot separated programming terms such as libraries.
Re:Making Games with Kotlin
by petercooper on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @06:54AM
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This happens on Twitter a lot. I've seen a lot of people referencing names of libraries, events, etc. and them being turned into links to URLs that don't exist. (.app is a common one for this.)
Re:Making Games with Kotlin
by Hallucinaut on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @07:51PM
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It also happens, rather unfortunately, with my aging parents who love to sign off emails with 'xxx' and are often missing the space after the final period and ending word of the email. Some of the results are guaranteed risky clicks.
Accidental typos (better yet, missing space after a period) also triggers some clients to send HTTP requests to the pseudo-URL to build up a quick view, which sounds like a potential security problem.