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I knew WPAD existed but I figured it was just some static lookup. Quelle surprise when it's a hack of massive proportions. So much of this Netscape stuff just
by revelation 10y ago
I knew WPAD existed but I figured it was just some static lookup. Quelle surprise when it's a hack of massive proportions.
So much of this Netscape stuff just reeks of a "startup MVP", to put it mildly.
- billyhoffman 10y agoI don't mind startup MVP stuff, I mind when it goes on to becomes a "standard" with little to no modification. WPAD/PAC is one. See also the "api" for document.cookie, which entirely consists of assigning strings to document.cookie.