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Re:The History of the URL by divbzero on Thursday March 05, 2020 @07:45PM (#22500071)
This is a masterful history and a reminder that what we have now is just a quasi-frozen snapshot of evolving solutions. Is there any chance that an alternative (URN? IPFS? Dat?) will gain traction and resolve some of the shortcomings of the URL?
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Re:The History of the URL by Agenttin on Friday March 06, 2020 @12:31PM (#22505462)
When google first moved search to the address bar they started the transition to using page titles as addresses. This is a somewhat sloppy way to go about things, but when I visit this site, I just type "hacker news" not the FQDN.
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