Re:Chromium uses web search for .internal TLD instead of ope...
by stunlocked on Thursday October 24, 2024 @04:04AM
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> nazis
Could we please not use such a term for privacy/security conscious people? Maybe it’s because I am German but I feel very uncomfortable being called such.
Re:Chromium uses web search for .internal TLD instead of ope...
by Dalewyn on Thursday October 24, 2024 @06:37AM
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Au contraire, we should mock the word "nazi" relentlessly so youngsters won't think it's a cool subculture in their quest to create their identity as they grow up.
And yes, I am mocking a certain subset of security/privacy advocates because they are quite detached from the wider world at large.
Re:Chromium uses web search for .internal TLD instead of ope...
by GoblinSlayer on Thursday October 24, 2024 @05:28AM
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It does break user expectation.
1. Type "mycompany-internal-gitlab".
2. Enter.
3. The expected thing should happen.
The fact of the matter is most people do not grok addresses, so a dedicated address bar is useless to them. It's bad user interface design that defies what most people can do.
Here's how most people actually use a web browser if they want to go somewhere, say Amazon:
1. Type "amazon".
2. Enter.
3. First result is (probably) amazon.com.
4. Click.
5. ????
6. PROFIT!
In the dark ages this was facilitated by setting the home page to a search engine like Google, changing the address bar to a search bar removes that additional step making it that much easier for the common man.
Is it horrible for security and privacy? Yeah. But you write a web browser for users, not security and privacy nazis.